Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Common to the pubis and the bladder, as a muscle or ligament.
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Examples
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Surgery in Motion section of the September issue of European Urology describes the surgical steps of pubovesical complex (PVC) - sparing RALP and presents the preliminary results of the technique.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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A possible explanation could be that because there is demonstrable anatomic continuity with the bladder, there are no conceivable means of preserving the pubovesical ligaments during RALP, and there must be interruption at some point to expose the prostatourethral junction.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The aim of the study presented in the Surgery in Motion section of European Urology was to propose and describe the steps of a new technique of surgical dissection that maximises the preservation of the periprostatic anatomy by keeping intact the pubovesical complex (PVC; i.e. detrusor apron with pubovesical ligaments).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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