Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated or occurring around the prostate gland.
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The aim of the study presented in the Surgery in Motion section of European Urology was to propose and describe the steps of a new technique of surgical dissection that maximises the preservation of the periprostatic anatomy by keeping intact the pubovesical complex (PVC; i.e. detrusor apron with pubovesical ligaments).
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There was a significant association between the fat-density groups and BMI, subcutaneous fat thickness and periprostatic fat.
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The periprostatic fat area and percentage fat density were calculated.
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The study found, however that periprostatic fat did not correlate with CaP aggressiveness in this cohort of patients.
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UroToday. com - An interesting hypothesis by Dr. Joep van Roermund and colleagues in the online edition of the World Journal of Urology suggested that periprostatic fat as measured on CT may be a better predictor of prostate cancer (CaP) aggressiveness than body mass index (BMI).
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Further periprostatic tissue was sent for pathological review in 56 men with PSM and organ confined disease and 43 men with PSM and ECE alone.
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Some surgeons use frozen section analysis at the time of surgery, and if positive, then resect more periprostatic tissue.
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For the final analysis, 2,659 men had a negative SM (NSM), 216 had a positive frozen section with negative periprostatic tissue in the additional resected tissue (M+ -).
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