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prostatectomy (pros-tă-tek-tŏmi) n. surgical removal of some or all of the prostate gland. The operation is necessary to relieve retention of urine due to enlargement of the prostate or to reduce lower urinary tract symptoms thought to be due to benign prostatic hyperplasia. It can be performed through the bladder (transvesical p.), through the surrounding capsule of the prostate (retropubic p.), or through the urethra (transurethral p.). radical (or total) p. removal of the prostate with its capsule and the seminal vesicles, performed for the treatment of prostate cancer confined to the gland. See also resection.

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