Preoperative MRI led to significantly fewer postoperative complications among men undergoing prostatectomy for prostate cancer, according to study results.
However, findings of the population-based retrospective study, published in Journal of Urology, showed marked variations in use of preoperative MRI according to geographic region, as well as race.
“Large academic centers have dramatically increased the use of prostate MRI in recent years and have achieved good outcomes both pre-biopsy and pre-surgery using MRI,” Alexander P. Cole, MD, assistant professor of surgery at Harvard