Denonvilliers’ Fascia: The Prostate Border to the Outside World
The fascial structure around the prostate has been a controversial issue for several decades, but its role in radical prostatectomy is crucial to achieving successful nerve-sparing surgery. One of the fasciae surrounding the prostate is Denonvilliers’ fascia, forming its posterior border with the re...
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| description | The fascial structure around the prostate has been a controversial issue for several decades, but its role in radical prostatectomy is crucial to achieving successful nerve-sparing surgery. One of the fasciae surrounding the prostate is Denonvilliers’ fascia, forming its posterior border with the rectum and enclosing along its layers several fibers of the neurovascular bundle. This review focuses on embryological and anatomical points of Denonvilliers’ fascia, aiming to provide a summary for the operating general surgeons and urologists of this area. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49c869e3ca3e4a008d314b518924f2972023-11-23T16:07:03ZengMDPI AGCancers2072-66942022-01-0114368810.3390/cancers14030688Denonvilliers’ Fascia: The Prostate Border to the Outside WorldLazaros Tzelves0Vassilis Protogerou1Ioannis Varkarakis22nd Department of Urology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sismanogleion Hospital, 11526 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias 21 St., 12462 Athens, Greece2nd Department of Urology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sismanogleion Hospital, 11526 Athens, GreeceThe fascial structure around the prostate has been a controversial issue for several decades, but its role in radical prostatectomy is crucial to achieving successful nerve-sparing surgery. One of the fasciae surrounding the prostate is Denonvilliers’ fascia, forming its posterior border with the rectum and enclosing along its layers several fibers of the neurovascular bundle. This review focuses on embryological and anatomical points of Denonvilliers’ fascia, aiming to provide a summary for the operating general surgeons and urologists of this area.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/14/3/688Denonvilliers’ fasciaprostate anatomyradical prostatectomynerve sparing |
| spellingShingle | Lazaros Tzelves Vassilis Protogerou Ioannis Varkarakis Denonvilliers’ Fascia: The Prostate Border to the Outside World Cancers Denonvilliers’ fascia prostate anatomy radical prostatectomy nerve sparing |
| title | Denonvilliers’ Fascia: The Prostate Border to the Outside World |
| title_full | Denonvilliers’ Fascia: The Prostate Border to the Outside World |
| title_fullStr | Denonvilliers’ Fascia: The Prostate Border to the Outside World |
| title_full_unstemmed | Denonvilliers’ Fascia: The Prostate Border to the Outside World |
| title_short | Denonvilliers’ Fascia: The Prostate Border to the Outside World |
| title_sort | denonvilliers fascia the prostate border to the outside world |
| topic | Denonvilliers’ fascia prostate anatomy radical prostatectomy nerve sparing |
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