Does Abstinence From Ejaculation Before Prostate MRI Improve Evaluation of the Seminal Vesicles?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of the present study is to determine whether abstinence from ejaculation before undergoing multiparametric prostate MRI increases seminal vesicle (SV) volume and therefore improves diagnostic interpretation of the SVs.

Materials and methods

This retrospective study included 238 patients who underwent 3-T MRI of the prostate over a 4-month period. Patients were requested to complete a questionnaire that asked how long it had been since their last ejaculation (i.e., < 3 days vs ≥ 3 days). Forty-two patients (mean patient age, 62.0 years) indicated that it had been less than 3 days since their last ejaculation and were designated as group 1, whereas the remainder indicated an interval of 3 days or more since their last ejaculation. A group of 42 age-matche

SUBMITTER: Kabakus IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7815162 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature