Abstract
OBJECTIVE To perform an anatomic study of the dorsal vascular complex (DVC) and the underlying striated sphincter (SS) to investigate if the SS might be harmed by standard suture ligation in radical prostatectomy. METHODS Transverse wholemount serial sections were created from adult male autopsy cadavers. The total surface area of the DVC and the SS were measured at the prostatic apex and 5 mm ...

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