Ding-Yi Liu, Qi Tang, Wei-Mu Xia, Ming-Wei Wang, Jian Wang, Yan-Feng Zhou, Jia-Shun Yu, Chen-Long Chu, Chong-Yu Zhang, Zhou-Jun Shen, Wen-Long Zhou
OBJECTIVE: To search for an effective method of reducing intraoperative blood loss in radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP). METHODS: We performed RRP for 100 patients with prostate cancer, 50 (group A) with the Walsh or Poor method for handling the dorsal venous complex (DVC), and the other 50 (group B) through the following three additional procedures for hemostasis: first placing a #7 prophylactic suture in the distal position of DVC, then ligating the vascular bundle of the prostatic apex with continuous 4-0 Vicryl sutures, and lastly placing a 4-0 absorbable suture followed by freeing the neurovascular bundle (NVB) or freeing NVB before suturing the remained levator ani myofascia and the deep layer of Denovilliers' fascia above the rectal serosa with 4-0 Vicryl...
November 2012: Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue, National Journal of Andrology