What Is Prostate Removal Surgery?
Prostate cancer surgery is known as radical prostatectomy and involves the removal of the entire prostate gland, as well as the seminal vesicles, the portion of the urethra that passes through the prostate, the ends of the vas deferens and a portion of the bladder neck.
Early History
According to Peter T. Scardino, chairman of the Department of Urology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, in 1867 German surgeon Theodor Billroth was the first to remove a cancer-ridden prostate. In 1904, the “father of American urology,” Hugh Hampton Young, performed the first prostate cancer surgery in the U.S.
Later History
The technique that led to today’s procedure was introduced in 1945 by Irish surgeon Terence Millin. Patrick Walsh performed the first erectile nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy in 1982. Readmore…
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