Accuracy of Preoperative Endorectal MRI in Predicting Extracapsular Extension and Influence on Neurovascular Bundle Sparing in Radical Prostatectomy

Overview

Journal World J Urol

Specialty Urology

Date 2012 Jan 18

PMID 22249342

Citations 27

Authors

Matthias C Roethke

Matthias P Lichy

Michaela Kniess

Matthias K Werner

Claus D Claussen

Arnulf Stenzl

Heinz-Peter Schlemmer

David Schilling

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Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the accuracy of presurgical endorectal MRI (eMRI) for local staging before radical prostatectomy (RP) and its influence on neurovascular bundle (NVB) resection during radical prostatectomy.

Patients And Methods: A total of 385 patients with histologically proven prostate cancer (PCa) have been included in this retrospective study between 2004 and 2008. All patients underwent preoperative eMRI at 1.5 T before open RP. Staging results by eMRI were compared with the histopathological findings. The presence of positive surgical margins and extent of nerve-sparing procedure were evaluated. Subgroup analysis of low-risk group and intermediate to high-risk group based on D'Amico criteria was conducted.

Results: In 294 (76.4%) patients, pathological stage was correctly predicted, 69 patients (17.9%) were understaged and 22 (5.7%) overstaged. Overall sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive value for predicting extracapsular extension (ECE) were 41.5, 91.8, 78.0 and 69.0%, respectively. One hundred and fifty-two (48.4%) of the patients classified as stage cT2 by eMRI underwent bilateral NVB sparing, whereas 14 (19.7%) patients with reported ECE underwent bilateral NVB sparing (P < 0.01). Overall positive surgical margin rate was 14.8%. Sensitivity of predicting ECE and positive predictive value were lower in the low-risk group than in the intermediate and high-risk group.

Conclusions: eMRI is effective in predicting extracapsular extension in an intermediate to high-risk group. Preoperative eMRI in patients with low-risk criteria is not recommended as a routine assessment modality. eMRI findings did appear to influence surgical strategy as patients with imaging findings suggesting >cT2 disease were less likely to undergo NVB sparing.

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