title: Open prostatolithotomy for the management of giant prostatic calculi.
abstract: Giant prostatic calculi are very rare. We present the case of a 45-year-old man with multiple prostatic urethral calculi that replaced the entire gland. He underwent an open "prostatolithotomy," a novel method of stone removal akin to a simple retropubic prostatectomy. Eight stones weighing a total of 59 g were removed from the prostate. For certain patients, adjunctive vesical neck revision and deliberate drainage of the prostatic fossa may be beneficial in addition to stone extraction.
authors: Division of Urology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California 92354, USA.
authors: Satyan K
authors: SK
authors: Shah
authors: Minh-Hang T
authors: MH
authors: Chau
authors: Gregory D
authors: GD
authors: Schnepper
authors: Paul D
authors: PD
authors: Lui
mesh_terms: D002137:Calculi / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*