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Literature review of factors affecting continence after radical prostatectomy

Dalibor Pacik and Michal Fedorko
Saudi Medical Journal January 2017, 38 (1) 9-17; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.1.15293

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    Detrusor apron ending with pubic insertion - puboprostatic/pubovesical ligament. B - bladder, PB - pubic bone, P - prostate

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    Male urethral sphincter image showing: A) the internal urethral sphincter. B) the external urethral sphincter.

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    The relationship between the prostatic apex and the external urethral sphincter. SMS - smooth muscle sphincter, SS - striated sphincter, PA - prostatic apex, CS - colliculus seminalis.

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    Figure 4

    Components of the levator ani muscle. RU - rectourethralis muscle, PP - puboperinealis muscle, PR - puborectalis muscle, SS - striated sphincter, C SMS - circular smooth muscle sphincter, L SMS - longitudinal smooth muscle sphincter, PV/PL - pubovesical/puboprostatic ligament, PB - pubic bone, DVC - dorsal venous complex

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    Figure 5

    Interfascial (A) and intrafascial (B) nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy. EF - endopelvic fascia, PF - prostatic fascia, PC - prostatic capsule, NVB - neurovascular bundle, PP - prostatic pedicle

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