A nerve-sparing technique to guide robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for prostate cancer eased the surgery's negative effects on erectile function, a phase III study showed. Erectile ...

Methods Patients, aged <68 yrs, with adenocarcinoma of the prostate (Gleason ≤ 7, normal preoperative erectile function [EF]) were randomized post-nsRP 1:1:1 to 9-month treatment with ...

Unilateral nerve sparing. The etiology and pathophysiology of post-prostatectomy erectile dysfunction is not yet fully understood. However, it appears that injury to the neurovascular bundles ...

Use of the 1.5T Elekta Unity MR-Linac was associated with reduced rates of erectile dysfunction at 6, 12, and 18 months in ...

Patients randomized to surgery underwent robotic unilateral nerve-sparing prostatectomy. All patients had follow-up that included PSA measurement, and patients treated with focal ablation had MRI ...

In many cases, particularly with advanced prostate tumors, surgeons will err on the side of caution and forego nerve sparing to make sure all cancer is removed, researchers said. That’s why they ...

Your Fred Hutch surgeon will try to save the tiny bundles of nerves, one on each side of your prostate, that control your ability to have an erection (nerve-sparing surgery). If your cancer is growing ...