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Use of a specialized prostatic urethral sound to facilitate nerve-sparing laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
Sam B Bhayani1, Christian P Pavlovich, Li-Ming Su
1James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
Journal of Endourology
|July 1, 2004
Abstract:
Urethral sounds have historically been used to aid in prostatic excision. We describe a specialized prototype urethral sound (Prostagrip; LSI solutions, Rochester, NY) that is able to grasp and rotate the prostate to expose the neurovascular bundles during laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
