Facilitated radical perineal prostatectomy with the Brooke Bookwalter retractor blade.
With the resurgent interest in radical perineal prostatectomy, a variety of enhancements have been made to the procedure. We describe herein the use of a retractor blade that allows full mobilization of the seminal vesicles and vasa prior to prostatic apical dissection, thus facilitating bladder neck-sparing radical prostatectomy. This retractor system dramatically improves visualization of the seminal vesicles and prostatic pedicles, allowing a single surgeon to perform this procedure easily.
Thompson
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Department of Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas 78234-6200, USA.
Rozanski
T A
TA
Foley
J P
JP
Harris
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M
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010502:Perineum; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods