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  2. Prostatectomy - Wikipedia

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    Prostatectomy (from the Greek προστάτης prostátēs, "prostate" and ἐκτομή ektomē, "excision") is the surgical removal of all or part of the prostate gland. This operation is done for benign conditions that cause urinary retention, as well as for prostate cancer and for other cancers of the pelvis .

  3. Surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia - Wikipedia

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    Prostate laser surgery is used to relieve moderate to severe urinary symptoms caused by prostate enlargement. The surgeon inserts a scope through the penis tip into the urethra. A laser passed through the scope delivers energy to shrink or remove excess tissue that is preventing urine flow. [7] Different types of prostate laser surgery include:

  4. Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy - Wikipedia

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    Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) is a form of radical prostatectomy, an operation for prostate cancer. Contrasted with the original open form of the surgery , it does not make a large incision but instead uses fiber optics and miniaturization.

  5. Travel Guru Rick Steves Says Prostate Surgery 'Incontinence ...

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    Steves, author of more than 100 travel guides and host of the long-running PBS Series Rick Steves' Europe, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in August and says he's "on the road to recovery and ...

  6. Radical perineal prostatectomy - Wikipedia

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    When the cancer is small and confined to the prostate, radical perineal prostatectomy achieves the same rate of cure as the retropubic approach but less blood is lost and recovery is faster. One downside to the perineal approach is an increased risk of fecal incontinence. [2] [5]

  7. Radical retropubic prostatectomy - Wikipedia

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    Radical retropubic prostatectomy was developed in 1945 by Terence Millin at the All Saints Hospital in London. The procedure was brought to the United States by one of Millin's students, Samuel Kenneth Bacon, M.D., adjunct professor of surgery, University of Southern California, and was refined in 1982 by Patrick C. Walsh [1] at the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins ...

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