Special Surgical Procedures II LESSON 3: Procedures in Genitourinary Surgery Section Iv: operations on the bladder and prostate
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3-29. RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY.
a. General. This operation involves enucleation of the prostatic hypertrophied lobes directly through a capsular incision in the upper surface of the prostate rather than through the bladder.
b. Operative Procedure. See Figure 3-9.
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