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Advances in imaging the neurovascular bundle
- Source :
- Current Opinion in Urology. 22:88-96
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2012.
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Abstract
- PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Much of the progress in improving potency outcomes after radical prostatectomy has been achieved due to a better visualization of the neurovascular bundle responsible for erectile function. We review the current literature evaluating the existing imaging modalities to image the neurovascular bundle around the prostate pre, intra, and postoperatively, thereby enabling development of surgical techniques for better preservation of nerve function. RECENT FINDINGS: Imaging modalities like multiphoton microscopy, optical coherence tomography, Coherent anti-Raman spectroscopy, exogenous fluoroscopy using prostate-specific membrane antigen, and so on have led to a better appreciation of the neurovascular bundle, thus encouraging novel techniques in nerve preservation during radical prostatectomy. SUMMARY: In an age of heightened patient expectations and increasing life expectancy, better visualization of the neurovascular bundle around the prostate using novel imaging modalities may provide breakthroughs in improving potency outcomes after radical prostatectomy.
- Subjects :
- Diagnostic Imaging
Male
Prostatectomy
medicine.medical_specialty
genetic structures
business.industry
Penile Erection
Urology
medicine.medical_treatment
Prostate
Vascular System Injuries
Erectile function
Neurovascular bundle
Imaging modalities
Visualization
Treatment Outcome
Erectile Dysfunction
Peripheral Nerve Injuries
medicine
Humans
Radiology
business
Penis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09630643
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current Opinion in Urology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....445583a9725f25eb62041b68f489500b