[revised June 8, 2008]
Patrick Walsh performed the first nerve-sparing prostatectomy 25 years ago -- April 26, 1982 -- on Robert Hastings. Hastings, who was a Cleveland economics professor, was 53 years old at the time.
See this NPR story and photo about Hastings and Walsh.
An interview with Patrick Walsh can be found here.
Readers interested in historical developments may also be interested in this post on Historical Developments in Prostate Cancer .
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