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Fenestrated urethral catheter to aid anastomotic drainage after radical prostatectomy
Nathan Lawrentschuk1, Damien M Bolton, David Angus
1Department of Surgery and Urology, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. nayjay@ozemail.com.au
Urology
|January 26, 2005
Abstract:
A simple technique using a fenestrated urethral catheter to assist in drainage of pericatheter urethral exudates from the anastomosis of the urethra to the bladder neck in radical prostatectomy is described. It is applicable to open and laparoscopic techniques of radical prostatectomy.