More experience. Better results.
Dr. Mani Menon and his surgical team offer unequaled quality and results.
The Henry Ford Vattikuti Urology Institute, led by Mani Menon, M.D., offers the most advanced treatments for prostate cancer, kidney disease, bladder cancer, and other urologic disease. Dr. Menon is known worldwide for developing robotic surgery for prostate cancer treatment. His robotic surgery innovations have made robotic prostatectomy the surgical standard of care for prostate cancer. Since performing the first robotic prostatectomy at Henry Ford Hospital in 2001, Dr. Menon and the Vattikuti Urology Institute team continue to have the longest and largest robotic prostate surgery experience in the U.S. and the world: nearly 10 years and more than 5,000 robotic prostate surgeries.
Patients from all 50 states and more than two dozen countries have traveled to have the procedure performed by the world's most experienced team.
Pioneered by Mani Menon, M.D., and the Henry Ford Vattikuti Urology Institute, the robotic prostatectomy surgically removes cancer while offering a high probability of preserving sexual function and urinary control.
Why Choose The Vattikuti Urology Institute In Michigan?
- Dr. Mani Menon is the World's Top Robotic Prostate Cancer Surgeon: Chair of the Department of Urology and the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital, Dr. Menon has developed special robotic surgery techniques that remove the cancer while helping to preserve urinary and sexual function.
- No Catheter Required: The Vattikuti Urology Institute is the only center in the world to provide prostate cancer patients a catheter-free recovery after robotic surgery. Developed by Dr. Menon, this technique uses tubing instead of a catheter to drain urine, improving mobility and comfort during recovery. More than 1,200 prostate cancer patients have used the catheter-free recovery with no major complications.
- Global Leader in Prostate Cancer Treatment: Men from every state in America and from more than 24 countries around the world have traveled to the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit to be cared for by Dr. Mani Menon, leader of the world's most experienced robotic surgery team. Dr. Menon developed the Vattikuti Institute Prostatectomy, the robotic surgery procedure used worldwide to remove the prostate cancer while preserving urinary continence. He developed the Veil of Aphrodite Nerve-Sparing Procedure to preserve erectile function during surgical removal of the prostate cancer.
- Largest Patient Outcomes for Robotic Prostatectomy: Dr. Menon and his team at the Vattikuti Urology Institute are the first and currently the only group worldwide with long-term robotic prostatectomy results. At five, seven and nearly ten years post-surgery, nearly all of our robotic prostatectomy patients remain cancer-free with control of urinary continence and erectile function.
Meet TIMETM Magazine's Dr. Robot
TIMETM Magazine's recent Health Checkup feature discusses how Dr. Mani Menon's robotic surgery innovations have helped shape the future of medicine. Read the full article.
"Drawn by the promise of less intrusive surgery and easier healing, hundreds and then thousands of men came to Detroit, while surgeons across the country hustled to master Menon's breakthrough."
From Meet Dr. Robot, by David Von Drehle
Henry Ford Hospital is a designated best hospital for Urology by U.S. News & World Report.
