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Prostatectomy

"Prostatectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Complete or partial surgical removal of the prostate. Three primary approaches are commonly employed: suprapubic - removal through an incision above the pubis and through the urinary bladder; retropubic - as for suprapubic but without entering the urinary bladder; and transurethral (TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE).


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Prostatectomy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Prostatectomy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 16 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1997 and 2002 and 2003 and 2005 and 2007 and 2008 and 2009 and 2011 and 2012 and 2014 and 2015 and 2016 and 2018 and 2019 and 2020 and 2023
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