Preoperative MRI assists in surgical planning and helps spare erectile function after RALP
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 18:00
in Health & Medicine
Preoperative prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can help urologic surgeons spare the neurovascular bundle (NVB) (which controls a man's erectile function and continence) during a robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.