Yep.
Do your research. If you decide on surgery you want a good and experienced surgeon. My urologist recommended to me the surgeon he also recommended to his father. I took that as a good sign. The surgery itself was RALP (Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy?) and took something over 3 hours.
There are effects that absolutely will result from the surgery. I personally would call them primary effects rather than side effects. There are also side effects that might happen and can be minimized by careful choice of surgeon (and also a bit of luck). For me most of the possible side effects were avoided. I have adjusted to the primary effects. One thing I will say is that I can now sleep through the night without bathroom breaks for the most part. I couldn't do that before surgery (and no it wasn't the cancer that was the cause of that problem).