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Vessel-sparing Excision and Primary Anastomosis
Published on: January 7, 2019
Novel technique to facilitate urethral stump exposure after radical retropubic prostatectomy
Wen-Ming Chen1, Chi-Rei Yang, Chen-Li Cheng
1Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
Urology
|June 9, 2004
Abstract:
A 12F Foley catheter is introduced retrogradely through the urethral stump and situated with the balloon partially inflated in the bulbous urethra after radical retropubic prostatectomy. This maneuver provides clear visualization of the urethral stump through gentle traction of the Foley catheter.

