Intracapsular Subtotal Prostatectomy in Normal Dogs: Use of an Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator |
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| Authors: | CLARENCE A RAWLINGS DVM PhD Diplomate ACVS WAYNE A CROWELL DVM PhD Diplomate ACVP JEANNE A BARSANTI DVM MS Diplomate ACVIM JOHN E OLIVER Jr DVM PhD Diplomate ACVIM |
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| Institution: | Departments of Small Animal Medicine, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. |
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| Abstract: | In an attempt to reduce postoperative incontinence associated with excisional prostatectomy and the recurrence of prostatic disease after less radical surgeries, a new technique for subtotal prostatectomy was developed using an ultrasonic surgical aspirator. During laparotomy, a longitudinal incision was made in the ventral surface of each lobe of the prostate gland. Biopsies for histology and culture were taken. Through the ventral incisions, the ultrasonic surgical aspirator |
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