In TURP, the surgeon passes a resectoscope into the bladder through the urethra and resects successive pieces of tissue from around the bladder neck and the lobes of the prostate gland, leaving the capsule intact. TURP is traditionally indicated for patients with benign obstructive disease of the prostate. A TURP would be indicated for a patient with malignant prostatic disease under which of the following conditions?

Eulogists, usually close friends or family members of the deceased, are charged with

The kidneys are highly vascular organs. Approximately how much of the entire circulating blood volume is processed by the kidneys at any one time?

In speeches that commemorate an event or person, listeners expect the speaker to criticize everything concerning the person or event.

The term flap refers to tissue that is detached from a donor area of the body and transferred to a recipient area with all or part of its original blood supply intact. What type of flap may contain functional nerves and blood vessels?

Which of the following procedures would be performed for the insertion of pulmonary embolus devices such as the Greenfield Filter?

Which type of skin graft is composed of the epidermis and all of the dermis?

Which of the following cosmetic procedures is performed to remove wrinkles and improve visible signs of aging in the face and neck?

Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is a method of providing exposure of the fracture site and using pins, wire, screws, a plate and screw combination, rods, or nails to correct the fracture. Surgeons use ORIF when they are unable to reduce a fracture by closed methods, and skeletal traction is not indicated. What would be an advantage for an open rather than a closed fracture reduction technique?

Which of the following is used when a kidney stone requires breakdown prior to surgical removal?