ArticleResearch and reports in urology2017
Prostate MRI prior to radical prostatectomy: effects on nerve sparing and pathological margin status.
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- Clinical utility of MRI in the decision-making process before radical prostatectomy: Systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
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- The Effect of Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Long-term Oncological Outcomes Following Radical Prostatectomy-A 12-year Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial.European urology open science · 2025Article
- Interpreting Prostate MRI Reports in the Era of Increasing Prostate MRI Utilization: A Urologist's Perspective.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Role of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging on the surgical outcomes of radical prostatectomy: Does preoperative tumor recognition reduce the positive surgical margin in a specific location? Experience from a Thailand prostate cancer specialized center.Asian journal of urology · 2023Article
- Validation of user-friendly models predicting extracapsular extension in prostate cancer patients.Asian journal of urology · 2023Article
- Combining prostate health index and multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging may better predict extraprostatic extension after radical prostatectomy.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2023Article
- Diagnostic ability of Ga-68 PSMA PET to detect dominant and non-dominant tumors, upgrading and adverse pathology in patients with PIRADS 4-5 index lesions undergoing radical prostatectomy.Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · 2021Article
- Extraprostatic extension in prostate cancer: primer for radiologists.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2020Review
- The Use of MRI and PET Imaging Studies for Prostate Cancer Management: Brief Update, Clinical Recommendations, and Technological Limitations.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Impact of preoperative MRI on surgical outcomes of robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: a single-center retrospective cohort of 844 patients.Therapeutic advances in urologyArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to assess the positive surgical margin (PSM) and nerve sparing (NS) rates in patients who underwent prostate MRI (pMRI) prior to radical prostatectomy (RP) and compare them with matched, nonimaged control RP patients.
methodsWe identified 204 men who underwent preoperative pelvic MRI (pelMRI), of whom 176 (86.3%) underwent pMRIs, within 60 days of RP, and compared them (1:1) with a nonim-aged control group matched by surgeon, age, race, body mass index (BMI), prostate-specific antigen (PSA), pathological Gleason score, prostate specimen weight, and RP year.
resultsThe rates of nonfocal extracapsular extension (nfECE) on RP pathology in the MRI and control groups were similar. PSM rates were lower in the MRI group (13.7% vs 19.3%;
conclusionMRI did not significantly decrease the rates of PSM, including in the subset of patients with nfECE on final pathology. Even wider resection may be necessary in patients with MRIs suggesting locally-advanced disease. Studies with greater power are needed.
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