Impact of Prostate Urethral Lift Device on Prostate MR Image Quality.
Tarik BenidirEthan AusthofRyan D WardJustin M ReamJennifer BullenIsmail Baris TurkbeyPeter A PintoFrancesco GigantiEric A KleinAndrei Saraiva PuryskoPublished in: The Journal of urology (2023)
UroLift® artifact negatively affects prostate MR image quality with greater impact in the mid-basal transition zone, obscuring a third of the gland on DWI. Patients considering this procedure should be counseled on the impact of this device on image quality and its potential implications for any image-guided prostate cancer workup.
Keyphrases
- image quality
- prostate cancer
- computed tomography
- radical prostatectomy
- dual energy
- benign prostatic hyperplasia
- end stage renal disease
- contrast enhanced
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- magnetic resonance
- prognostic factors
- magnetic resonance imaging
- peritoneal dialysis
- diffusion weighted
- patient reported outcomes