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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Urogenital Surgical Procedures > Urologic Surgical Procedures > Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male > Prostatectomy

Preferred term

Prostatectomy  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Prostatectomies, Retropubic
  • Prostatectomies, Suprapubic
  • Prostatectomy, Retropubic
  • Prostatectomy, Suprapubic
  • Retropubic Prostatectomies
  • Retropubic Prostatectomy
  • Suprapubic Prostatectomies
  • Suprapubic Prostatectomy

Scope note

  • Complete or partial surgical removal of the prostate. Three primary approaches are commonly employed: suprapubic - removal through an incision above the pubis and through the urinary bladder; retropubic - as for suprapubic but without entering the urinary bladder; and transurethral (TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE).

In other languages

  • prostatektomia

    Finnish

  • eturauhasen poisto
  • eturauhasen poistoleikkaus
  • eturauhasen resektio
  • eturauhasresektio
  • prostatan poisto
  • prostatan poistoleikkaus
  • Prostatektomi

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011468

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