“…The control of bleeding, absence of a suprapubic tube, short period of catheter drainage, rapid healing, and low mortality with this operation led to its wide acceptance throughout the world. Ward (1948), 7 Bourque (1954) 8 and Leadbetter and Leadbetter (1959) 9 advocated an additional procedure, combining the best features of both the suprapubic and retropubic operations-the transvesicocapsular or combined technic. The advantages of this procedure are visual dissection and removal of the prostatic adenoma, visual hemostasis, and simultaneous removal of associated bladder tumor, diverticula or calculi.…”