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Rodney
by greengiant, Aug 31, 2007 08:38AM
I was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. Because of my age, my Gleason score, and several other factors, my doctor says that a prostatectomy is the way to go. After a ton of research, I agree with doing the surgery as my best option, but can find very little on the type of surgery that he wants to do. It's called radical transcoccygeal prostatectomy. I am a bit concerned because I can't find very much information about the surgery, and none of the major hospital prostate centers mention this approach. I trust my surgeon, but just would like to know about this approach as compared to the retropubic approach. Please help me, I'm getting a bit desparate.
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by riley180, Nov 13, 2007 10:30PM
To: greengiant
General prostatectomy approaches include open (retropubic, perineal) and laparoscopic. I think the transcoccygeal and perineal are the same (verify with your urologist). There is no proven advantage for retropubic over perineal, so I would go with what the urologist has more practice in performing.
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