Peter Pinto, M.D., Staff Clinician at the Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NCI. Wide angle view of the surgical suite where doctors are using a surgical robot called the "da Vinci" to help remove the prostate and lymphnodes. This surgical technique, robot assisted surgery and laparoscopic prostatectomy therapies has the potential for fewer side effects.

Surgeon at robot station and assistant prepping at operating table/ Male surgeon in surgical scrubs sits at robot console with feet on operating pedals, hands on control toggles, and face against viewing screen while female assistant, in surgical scrubs, adjusts instruments on robot arms at surgery table

Surgeon's-eye perspective of robot handles and viewing screen/ Surgeon's hands on throttle controls manipulate scalpel and laser, as viewed on screen of robotic device

Schematic layout of operating room robotic prostate surgery/ Layout drawing of surgery suite from a bird's-eye perspective with positions of robot, screens, surgery table, instrument console, noted