Dr. Mani Menon (not Manon) at Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, has a very good reputation. Now since his name is mentioned he is the 2nd surgeon("B") I saw in my quest to treat this dragon of PCa. Now if you heard my story herein before, doc "A" another surgeon (but w/o robotic in 2002~but said he could do lapro method) is the infamous doc whom wrote down 'curative and 1% of incontinence' on paper and handed it to me.
The next day I had already scheduled an appointment to see Dr. Menon at H. Ford of which lead to seeing two other docs(there) first for their input. I had to come back again to see Dr. Menon but finally after getting to talk with him, he flat out said I will not do surgery on you (my numbers were that bad). I was ready to sign up then in 2002 (probably patient #20 or so in the USA, would have been the plan). Sooooo, I would say this is an honest man I had the money and/or insurance to pay for this and he would not do it for the money!!! He knew I would fail the curative realm of surgery, righteous man in my book. (although not what I wanted know about my PCa case, truth is what I ultimately wish to know, always even if it is painful to hear).
I met the 1st DaVinci patient in the USA, there while waiting for Dr. Menon. So, talked to him and he was please with the surgery, although he had come back in for checkup and mentioned perhaps some kind of bladder neck sewing/healing issue. (but he was #1 for this too) He was a younger guy in his 40's and was playing golf a few days later, he says.
Also, if you are very much overweight it is an issue for being on this machine, I saw another patient there who wanted to do this method so bad, he lost 70 lbs., so that the doc would accept him as a patient for this machinery.