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Meaning of radical retropubic prostatectomy: Surgery to remove all of the prostate and nearby lymph nodes through an incision in the wall of the abdomen.

Definition of radical retropubic prostatectomy

Surgery to remove all of the prostate and nearby lymph nodes through an incision in the wall of the abdomen.

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