| 41. | I had a prostatectomy and cobalt therapy and, for many years, was in pretty good shape.
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| 42. | "It's really the first that shows that radical prostatectomy does something positive ."
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| 43. | The Walsh catheter is particularly useful after prostatectomy for it drains the bladder without infection or clot retention.
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| 44. | Any form of epididymitis can be caused by genito-urinary surgery, including prostatectomy and urinary catheterization.
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| 45. | The Irish surgeon Terence Millin, MD ( 1903 1980 ) developed the radical retropubic prostatectomy in 1945.
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| 46. | Nerve-Sparing prostatectomy was invented for surgeons to avoid injuring the nerves and causing erectile dysfunction complications.
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| 47. | There is very little bleeding with laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, as low as 50 ccs in some hands.
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| 48. | Contrasted with the open surgical form of prostate cancer surgery, laparoscopic radical prostatectomy requires a smaller incision.
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| 49. | But impotence in those who receive cryotherapy, as with radical prostatectomy and brachytherapy, remains a vexing problem.
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| 50. | Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy protects the nerves wrapped around the outside of the prostate to preserve sexual function.
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