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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Radical prostatectomies are done for [[prostate cancer]]. | |||
==Protocol== | ==Protocol== | ||
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*Inking scheme: left - blue; right - green. | *Inking scheme: left - blue; right - green. | ||
[Submitted in total/Representative sections submitted]: | |||
*All lymph nodes and the adherent adipose tissue. | |||
*Urethral margin left. | |||
*Urethral margin right. | |||
*Bladder neck margin left. | |||
*Bladder neck margin right. | |||
*Left prostate anterior to posterior. | |||
*Left seminal vesicle base to tip. | |||
*Right prostate anterior to posterior. | |||
*Right seminal vesicle base to tip. | |||
===Protocol notes=== | ===Protocol notes=== | ||
====Procedural==== | ====Procedural==== | ||
#Amputate seminal vesicles (SV) after inking. | |||
*Sections of the SV base should be cut perpendicular the (long) axis of the gland. | #*Sections of the SV base should be cut perpendicular the (long) axis of the gland. | ||
#Bladder neck margin is submitted on edge. | |||
#*A slice is cut-off the prostate at the site of the bladder neck margin. This slice is then divided into left and right with a sagittal cut. Each portion (left and right) is sectioned with parasagittal cuts such that it is an [[on edge margin]]. | |||
#Urethral margin is submitted on edge. | |||
#*A slice is cut-off the prostate at the site of the urethral margin. This slice is then divided into left and right with a sagittal cut. Each portion (left and right) is sectioned with parasagittal cuts such that it is an [[on edge margin]]. | |||
====Literature==== | ====Literature==== | ||
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===Alternate approaches=== | ===Alternate approaches=== | ||
*None. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
===Related protocols=== | ===Related protocols=== | ||