Real-time assessment of surgical margins during radical prostatectomy: a novel approach that uses fluorescence confocal microscopy for the evaluation of peri-prostatic soft tissue

BJU Int. 2020 Apr;125(4):487-489. doi: 10.1111/bju.15000. Epub 2020 Feb 16.

Authors

Bernardo Rocco¹, Maria C Sighinolfi¹, Laura Bertoni², Valentina Spandri¹, Stefano Puliatti¹, Ahmed Eissa^{1

3}, Luca Reggiani Bonetti⁴, Paola Azzoni², Marco Sandri⁵, Cosimo De Carne¹, Filippo Turri¹, Alessia Cimadamore⁶, Rodolfo Montironi⁶, Antonino Maiorana⁴, Salvatore Micali¹, Giampaolo Bianchi¹, Giovanni Pellacani²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
² Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
³ Urology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
⁴ Department of Pathology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
⁵ Data Methods and Systems Statistical Laboratory, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
⁶ University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy.

PMID: 31971342
DOI: 10.1111/bju.15000

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Computer Systems
Fluorescence*
Humans
Intraoperative Care / methods*
Male
Margins of Excision*
Microscopy, Confocal / methods*
Prospective Studies
Prostate / drug effects
Prostate / pathology*
Prostate / surgery*
Prostatectomy* / methods
Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery*