Related Experiment Video
Updated: Oct 4, 2026
Retzius-Sparing Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy
Published on: May 19, 2022
Hemostatic technique: extracapsular prostatic adenomectomy
1Department of Surgery, Verdi Cevallos Hospital, Portoviejo, Ecuador.
Purpose:
We describe extracapsular prostatectomy performed by applying lateral capsular transfixing sutures after adenoma enucleation and minimum operative hemorrhage.
Materials And Methods:
A total of 117 patients with prostatic hypertrophy underwent surgery. After adenomectomy transfixing sutures were placed at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions clockwise around the prostatic capsule (hila). Five variables were used to quantify intraoperative and postoperative hemorrhage.
Results:
Average intraoperative blood loss was 175 cc and average minimal decrease in hematocrit was 3.9%. Most patients had postoperative bleeding through the urethral and suprapubic catheters.
Conclusions:
Extracapsular prostatectomy with the application of lateral capsular transfixing sutures causes minimum operative hemorrhage.
More Related Videos
06:04Surgical Treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP).
Published on: March 6, 2018
08:38Renal Capsule Xenografting and Subcutaneous Pellet Implantation for the Evaluation of Prostate Carcinogenesis and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Published on: August 28, 2013