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ArticleInternational braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology

Use of Dynamic Magnetic Resonance of the Urethra in Surgical Planning of Vesicourethral Anastomotic Stenosis Urethroplasty.

Gustavo Fiedler, André Guilherme Cavalcanti, Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt, Suzan Menasce Goldman

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Gustavo FiedlerUniversidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
André Guilherme CavalcantiUniversidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Leonardo Kayat BittencourtUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Suzan Menasce GoldmanUniversidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

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objectiveTo evaluate the impact of dynamic Magnetic Resonance of the Urethra (d-MRU) on postoperative results and their agreement with intraoperative findings in patients with urethral stricture after radical prostatectomy.

methodsForty-eight male patients (mean age 65.2 ± 8.1 years) with vesicourethral anastomotic stenosis (VUAS) after radical prostatectomy confirmed by cystoscopy were evaluated using dynamic MRU and cystourethrography (CUG). They were divided into two groups: d-MRU and CUG. Patients in the d-MRU group were evaluated using a new MRI protocol: urethral filling with lidocaine gel and distal urethral obstruction with sterile gas tourniquet; MR urethrography including axial T1-weighted images, coronal space, sagittal T2-weighted, axial T2-weighted, sagittal maximum intensity projection (MIP) with urographic effect, voiding sagittal MIP, and T1-weighted with fat saturation (T1 fat-sat) before and after gadolinium enhancement. Dynamic imaging acquisition with motion images was performed during voiding.

resultsNo significant difference in restenosis rates was observed between the D-MRI and UCG groups (5.6% vs. 16.7%, respectively; p = 0.261), but a significant difference in vascular preservation (94.4% vs. 63.3%, p=0.016). We found consistent dynamic MRU and intraoperative measurements of VUAS. Intraclass correlation coefficients showed satisfactory to excellent levels of agreement between the two imaging modalities and a strong correlation of dynamic MRU and intraoperative findings. Additionally, the Bland-Altman analysis revealed an agreement bias close to zero.

conclusionsDynamic MRU is a safe and appropriate evaluation method that can provide guidance for surgical treatment planning in patients with VUAS after radical prostatectomy.

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingProstatectomyUrethraUrethral StrictureAgedAnastomosis, SurgicalHumansMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsTreatment OutcomeCystoscopyMagnetic Resonance ImagingUrethra

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PMCPMC12974978

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