February 13, 2012

PROSTATE CANCER

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The following presentation is an excerpt from a 1 hour and 45 minute DVD that provides a detailed description, including illustrations and video footage, of an open surgical technique that demonstrates the value of both visual and tactile assessment in performing the best cancer
operation while being able to preserve quality of life.  

This technique has been improved over the last 20 years in operations performed on over 3,000 patients.
This video presentation was made possible through the generosity of the Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Baker Foundation.

This work is free for use for educational purposes without  copyright restrictions.
This DVD is intended to be free to all urologists in the world who want it. If you are a urologist and would like to obtain the DVD please make this request on stationery containing your letterhead with documentation that you are a urologist, and either fax it (410- 614-8096 ) or send it to Dr. Patrick Walsh, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Park Building, Rm 224, , Baltimore, MD 21287-2101. If you are a urology resident please request it on your program director's stationery.
Introduction
Anatomy
Incision in the endopelvic fascia
Control of the dorsal vein complex.
Division of the urethra.
Division of the posterior striated sphincter.
Preservation of the neurovascular bundle
Wide Excision of the Neurovascular Bundle
Division of the bladder neck and removal of the seminal vesicles.
Reconstruction of the bladder neck and vesicourethral anastomosis.
 

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