Aim of the study is to highlight difficulties faced by an inexperienced surgeon in approaching endorectal-ultrasound, trying to define when learning curve can be considered complete. A prospective analysis was conducted on endorectal-ultrasound performed for subperitoneal rectal adenocarcinoma staging in the period from January 2008 to July 2013, reported by a single surgeon of Department of On...

PURPOSE Several studies have demonstrated the superiority of endorectal coil magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) over pelvic phased-array coil MRI at 1.5 Tesla for local staging of prostate cancer. However, few have studied which evaluation is more accurate at 3 Tesla MRI. In this study, we compared the accuracy of local staging of prostate cancer using pelvic phased-array coil or endorectal coil ...

PURPOSE We aimed to assess the clinical value of endorectal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in predicting extraprostatic extension and seminal vesicle invasion in patients with clinically localized prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 54 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer were retrospectively analyzed. The findings of endorectal...

Objective A modification of the endorectal advancement flap (EAF) procedure is described with outcomes in a single-center, large retrospective cohort study. Summary background data Fistula-in-ano common problem encountered by surgeons that can be classified as either simple or complex. Complex fistulas (CFs) cause higher morbidity and are much more challenging to treat. Although numerous treatm...

Recto-vaginal fistulae (RVF) are complex fistulae particularly difficult to treat. Their frequency is relatively low, representing less then 5% of anorectal fistulae.1 Obstetric injury is by far the most frequently reported cause of low recto-vaginal fistulae.2-5 The outcome after surgery for RVF has been correlated with aetiology, complexity of disease, sphincter function and prior attempts to...

This work aims to assess the impact of an additional endorectal coil on image quality and cancer detection rate within the same patients. At a single academic medical center, this transversal study included 41 men who underwent T2- and diffusion-weighted imaging at 3 T using surface coils only or in combination with an endorectal coil in the same session. Two blinded readers (A and B) randomly ...

High-dose rate endorectal brachytherapy (HDR-EBT) is mainly used as a palliative treatment modality. In this paper, we compare dosimetry distributions for a single-channel catheter (Miami) applicator with distributions of the inflatable multichannel (Novi Sad) endorectal applicator. The comparisons were made with respect to dose coverage to the clinical tumor volume as well as to the bladder, r...

Introduction: The stiffness of malignant prostate tissue is elevated as compared to normal or benign tissue, which suggests that the biomechanical properties of prostate tissue may be an independent marker for prostate cancer. Using dynamic MR elastography, micrometer amplitude shear waves are propagated into tissue, and the resulting tissue displacements are measured to calculate the underlyin...

BACKGROUND Prostate cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer found in males making early diagnosis important. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been useful in visualizing and localizing tumor candidates and with the use of endorectal coils (ERC), the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) can be improved. The coils introduce intensity inhomogeneities and the surface coil intensity correction bu...