Preoperative MR may assist surgeons in nerve sparing during robotic prostatectomy

Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 10:49 in Health & Medicine

Preoperative MR can help surgeons limit nerve damage while performing a robotic assisted laparascopic prostatectomy (RALP)--saving some men from becoming impotent, according to a study performed at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

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