main menu   -   prostate   -   stories   -   articles   -   sexuality   -   resources   -   glossary   -   search from Walsh Menu   The Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy (or the nerve-sparing RRP) Illustration 7 of 8 from Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer by Patrick C. Walsh, M.D., and Janet Farrar Worthington FIG. 8.7 The Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy (Continued) This shows the situation after the prostate has been removed. Note how big the opening in the bladder is in comparison to the urethra. This must now be narrowed in size, so the two can be connnected. to previous or next page [About these illustrations] Go to Walsh's Guide Menu BOOK MENU     main menu   -   prostate   -   stories   -   articles   -   sexuality   -   resources   -   glossary   -   search Unless otherwise stated and credited, the content of Phoenix5 (P5) is by and the opinion of and copyright © 2000 Robert Vaughn Young. All Rights Reserved. P5 is at <http://www.phoenix5.org>. P5's policy regarding privacy and right to reprint are at <www.phoenix5.org/infopolicy>.