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Radical Pelvic Surgery

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Radical pelvic surgery is commonly utilized for the treatment of pelvic malignancy. Radical hysterectomy, radical prostatectomy, and abdominoperineal resection are among the most commonly utilized pelvic operations for the management of malignancy. Despite the development of nerve-sparing techniques and the use of robotic surgery, urinary symptoms often develop after these operations in the immediate postoperative period, but urinary dysfunction may also persist in the long term. In this chapter, we review the anatomy and pathophysiology that accounts for bladder dysfunction after pelvic surgery, in addition to both the early and late symptoms and urodynamic findings after radical pelvic surgery.

Contributors: Paul D. Slocum, Jr.

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  1. Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Elisabeth M. Sebesta, Stephanie Gleicher, W. Stuart Reynolds & Roger R. Dmochowski

  2. Department of Urology, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA

    Casey G. Kowalik

  3. Department of Urology, Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Joshua A. Cohn

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Sebesta, E.M., Gleicher, S., Kowalik, C.G., Cohn, J.A., Stuart Reynolds, W., Dmochowski, R.R. (2023). Radical Pelvic Surgery. In: Liao, L., Madersbacher, H. (eds) Handbook of Neurourology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1659-7_68

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