prostatectomy

Converse of object

• undergo: Likewise the median age for men undergoing radical prostatectomy over the last 20 years has dropped.
• perform: Dundee One surgeon performing open radical prostatectomy; radical radiotherapy - external beam 50 gray in 20 fractions; brachytherapy referred to Edinburgh.
• follow: Case history Mr B was recently referred to the continence advisory service by his general practitioner, following recent radical prostatectomy.
• have: RESULTS: All 4 patients presented here were advised to have a salvage prostatectomy based primarily on their PSA changes.
• call: Surgery - in an operation called a prostatectomy, the whole prostate gland is removed.
• salvage: All patients underwent salvage radical prostatectomy and bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy following irradiation failure.

Preposition: in

• patient: The effect of radiation therapy after radical prostatectomy in patients with elevated prostate specific antigen level.

Adjective modifier

• retropubic: In approximately 5 % of cases, a retropubic prostatectomy is performed.
• transurethral: Men assigned to surgery underwent transurethral prostatectomy within two weeks.
• laparoscopic: Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy improves visualization of the anatomy, benefiting surgeons.
• radical: From all the options available to me, I selected radical prostatectomy, which was carried out a week later at the London Clinic.
• total: All patients should have their continence audited at one year following a total prostatectomy.
• open: For an open prostatectomy, access to the prostate gland is gained through an incision in the lower abdomen.

Modifies a noun

• specimen: An analysis of radical prostatectomy specimens from this series found a mean tumor volume of 1.8 cc ( range 0.6 - 4.4 ).
• patient: Also of note, hormonal therapy preceded 12 of the 70 prostatectomy patients compared to 34 of the brachytherapy patients.
• database: The radical prostatectomy database is providing the tissue and clinical information required in the search for new markers.
• operation: He has personally undertaken almost 1000 radical prostatectomy operations and written over 200 papers together with more than 50 books.
• hierarchy: Figure 6: Current prostatectomy hierarchy Bladder outlet & prostate operations.

Noun used with modifier

• laser: Laser prostatectomy versus transurethral resection for treating benign prostatic obstruction: a systematic review.
• salvage: RESULTS: All 4 patients presented here were advised to have a salvage prostatectomy based primarily on their PSA changes.