Here is my personal feeling after reseaching for many months the alternatives and outcomes my dad had as options to him. If you catch the cancer early -What stage are you and what grade was the tumor? Your chance of survival for a high grade superficial trumor for ten years after an RC is 85-90%. Dad has full funtion of his bladder during the day and also at night if he gets up every three hours. He had his sugery the first week of Oct 2005. The surgeon who performed the neobladder does about three or so a week. That is the most important peice of info. Go to a surgeon that has done over 100 sugeries plus! We were talked into something new and not proven the robot and as a result suffered i believe for it. My advice is do what is proven unless the options arent on your side. If you are a candiate for this sugery and have a good potential of life expentendancy than dont chane the proven!
Good luck,
Deb