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Diseases of the Prostate

Anatomy of the Prostate

• Anatomy of the Prostate Gland: gross appearance, vascular supply, innvervation, histology and function.

Congenital Diseases of the Prostate

• Congenital aplasia of the vas deferens or seminal vesicle
• Cysts of the prostate

Prostatitis

• Definition and classification of acute and chronic prostatitis
• Acute bacterial prostatitis
• Chronic pelvic pain syndrome
  • Chronic pelvic pain syndrome: definition and etiology
  • Chronic pelvic pain syndrome: signs and symptoms, diagnostic workup
  • Chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Treatment

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

• Benign prostatic hyperplasia (1/6): definitions, epidemiology and etiology
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia (2/6): signs and symptoms
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia (3/6): diagnosis
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia (4/6): treatment algorithm
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia (5/6): medical treatment
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia (6/6): surgical treatment

Benign Diseases of the Seminal Vesicles

• Seminal vesicle infection
• Seminal vesicle stones
• Cysts of the seminal vesicles

Prostate Cancer

• Prostate cancer (1/14): Definition and epidemiology
• Prostate cancer (2/14): Etiology
• Prostate cancer (3/14): Pathology
• Prostate cancer (4/14): Signs and symptoms
• Prostate cancer (5/14): Screening
• Prostate cancer (6/14): Staging
• Prostate cancer (7/14): Treatment options
• Prostate cancer (8/14): Active surveillance
• Prostate cancer (9/14): Prostatectomy
• Prostate cancer (10/14): Radiation therapy
• Prostate cancer (11/14): Brachytherapy
• Prostate cancer (12/14): Experimental treatment options
• Prostate cancer (13/14): Hormonal therapy of advanced prostate cancer
• Prostate cancer (14/14): Treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer

Uncommon Malignant Tumors of the Prostate

• Sarcoma of the prostate
• Seminal vesicle carcinoma

Surgical Procedures of the Prostate

• Prostate biopsy
• Greenlight laser treatment of BPH
• Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
• Suprapubic simple prostatectomy
• Retropubic simple prostatectomy (Millin)
• Retropubic radical prostatectomy
• Laparoscopic pelvine lymphadenectomy
• Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
• Radical perineal prostatectomy
• Brachytherapy of the prostate

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