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Uro-Video Feature

"Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy:
Surgical Technique for Preservation of Sexual Function"
by Patrick C. Walsh, M.D.

A complete description of the nerve sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy with still images is available at the Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute website.

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Dr. Walsh's 1984 classic, made with the assistance of renowned illustrator Leon Schlossberg at Johns Hopkins Hospital, is widely acclaimed as one of the best teaching videos ever made. View selected clips from that video below:
 

1. Introduction

2. In the operating room at the Johns Hopkins Hospital

3. Anatomy of neurovascular bundle

4. Where neurovascular bundle may be damaged

5. Color overlay showing puboprostatic ligaments

6. Neurovascular bundle seen lateral to urethra

7. Neurovascular bundle, prostate reflected upward

8. Division of lateral pedicles

9. Anastomosis of bladder urethra

 

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Video segments excerpted from "Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy and Cystoprostatectomy: Surgical Technique for Preservation of Sexual Function" (1984). Full-length video available from the Norwich Eaton Audio-Visual Library. Brought to you by Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Norwich, New York. Norwich Eaton is a Proctor & Gamble company.
Videos were digitized and edited by Anthony Cancio, who maintains the USRF Website.

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