prostatectomy
prostatectomy
Definition
pros·ta·tec·tomy (präs′tə tek′tə mē)
noun pl. -·mies
the surgical removal of all or part of the prostate gland
Etymology: prostat(o)- + -ectomy
prostatectomy
Usage Examples
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
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