2D and 3D T2-weighted MR sequences for the assessment of neurovascular bundle changes after nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy with erectile function correlation

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 220-229

  Panebianco, Valeria ^a   Sciarra, Alessandro ^a   Osimani, Marcello ^a   Lisi, Danilo ^a   Ciccariello, Mauro ^a   Salciccia, Stefano ^a   Gentile, Vincenzo ^a   Di Silverio, Franco ^a   Passariello, Roberto ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bilateral nerve sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy; International Index Erectile Function 5 item; Morphologic MRI classification score; Neurovascular bundles formation; Prostate magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59249083303     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1102-y     Document Type: Article

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