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…
Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome
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
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…
Vesical Trauma and Hemorrhage
Vesical Trauma and Hemorrhage CHAD M. GRIDLEY CHRISTOPHER D. MCCLUNG BLADDER TRAUMA Trauma is the most common cause of bladder injury; however, only 1.6% of trauma victims will have a…
Vesicovaginal Fistula
Vesicovaginal Fistula HAJAR I. AYOUB O. LENAINE WESTNEY A vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) is an epithelialized or fibrous communication between the bladder and vagina. Physically, psychologically, and socially, it is a…
Intestinourinary Fistulas
Intestinourinary Fistulas RYAN L. MORI ERIC A. KLEIN KENNETH W. ANGERMEIER An intestinourinary fistula is a pathologic extra-anatomic epithelialized connection that can be described based on the respective intestinal and…
Bladder Augmentation
Bladder Augmentation STEPHEN MARK Augmentation cystoplasty remains the surgical treatment of choice for the medically resistant neurogenic and nonneurogenic overactive bladder. The management goals are the provision of a low-pressure,…
