page_title: Retropubic space
hierarchical_section_title: Retropubic space
caption_attribution_description: Male pelvic organs seen from right side. Bladder and rectum distended; relations of peritoneum to the bladder and rectum shown in blue. The arrow points to the rectovesical pouch.
context_page_description: Retropubic space is a potential avascular space located between the pubic symphysis and the urinary bladder. The retropubic space is a preperitoneal space, located behind the transversalis fascia and in front of peritoneum.
  Other names for the retropubic space are "Cave of Retzius" or "Retzius' space", named after the Swedish anatomist Anders Retzius.
  The space is a useful landmark in different gynecological and urological surgeries.
context_section_description: Retropubic space is a potential avascular space located between the pubic symphysis and the urinary bladder. The retropubic space is a preperitoneal space, located behind the transversalis fascia and in front of peritoneum .
  Other names for the retropubic space are "Cave of Retzius" or "Retzius' space", named after the Swedish anatomist Anders Retzius (1796-1860).
  The space is a useful landmark in different gynecological and urological surgeries.
caption: Male pelvic organs seen from right side. (Retropubic space visible but not labeled.)
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