Anatomy of the Urethra
Anatomy of the Urethra LAWRENCE M. DAGROSA E. ANN GORMLEY FEMALE URETHRA Gross/Microscopic The female urethra extends 3 to 5 cm from the bladder neck to the external urethral meatus….
Imaging, Innovation, and Novel Therapies
Imaging, Innovation, and Novel Therapies ANDREW D. HARDIE G. JOEL DECASTRO SANDIP M. PRASAD Historically, the use of imaging technologies to guide urologic therapies has been limited to ultrasound and…
Surgical Management of the Incompetent Bladder Outlet in the Patient With A Eeurogenic Bladder
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
