Reducing the number of sutures for vesicourethral anastomosis in radical retropubic prostatectomy

Reducing the number of sutures for vesicourethral anastomosis in radical retropubic prostatectomy

OBJECTIVE: To prospectively evaluate the outcome of using a two-suture technique for the vesicourethral anastomosis (VUA) during radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Two groups of 50 patients each underwent nerve-sparing RRP for localized prostate cancer by one surgeon. In o...

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Main Authors: Evangelos M. Mazaris, Eleftherios Chatzidarellis, Ioannis M. Varkarakis, Athanasios Dellis, Charalambos Deliveliotis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2009-04-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Subjects:
prostatic neoplasm
prostatectomy
anastomosis
surgical
sutures
treatment outcome
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