Surgical Management of the Incompetent Bladder Outlet in the Patient With A Eeurogenic Bladder TERESA L. DANFORTH DAVID A. GINSBERG The two primary goals of treatment of patients with neurogenic…
Female Urethral Reconstruction for Fistula and Female Urethral Diverticulum AHMED M. EL-ZAWAHRY ERIC S. ROVNER Female urethral problems can be debilitating and disturbing to the quality of life in women…
Brachytherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer EVA MARIE SUAREZ HARRY S. CLARKE DAVID T. MARSHALL The term brachytherapy describes the process of placing a radioactive source directly inside or in close…
Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy SANDIP M. PRASAD DAVID GILLATT MAGNUS ANNERSTEDT Until the past two decades, radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer was traditionally performed through a retropubic…
Radical Perineal Prostatectomy SAM D. GRAHAM JR. THOMAS E. KEANE Radical perineal prostatectomy, first performed in 1869 by Buchler and popularized in the United States by Young in 1903, remained…
Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy DAVID GILLATT SANDIP M. PRASAD Until the last decade, open radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) had become the surgical procedure of choice to effect cure in men…
Surgery for Benign Prostatic Obstruction MUSAAB YASSIN SANDIP M. PRASAD HASHIM HASHIM Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a histologic diagnosis that refers to the proliferation of smooth muscle and epithelial…
Anatomy of the Prostate JONATHAN PAUL MANLEY EDWARD W. ROWE CHRISTIAN ANDREAS BACH Precise knowledge of prostatic anatomy is a prerequisite for successful surgical intervention involving the prostate, be it…
Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome MICHAEL J. EHLERT KENNETH M. PETERS Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a chronic, unrelenting condition with considerable morbidity. The symptoms were first described in the…
Minimally Invasive Bladder Procedures: Radical Cystectomy, Partial Cystectomy, Urachal Excision, Diverticulectomy ANDRE LUIS DE CASTRO ABREU SAMEER CHOPRA INDERBIR S. GILL It is estimated that 72,570 new cases of bladder…
