The article below was published four years ago. Has there been progress in technologies to definitively assess whether nerves have been "spared" and "healing" is taking place following a prostatectomy?
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Novel methods for mapping the cavernous nerves during radical prostatectomy.
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2 years ago my urologist was supervising a researcher working in this area but there was nothing clinically useful. He trialled a commercial nerve tracing device but it was clinically useless.
I am not aware of any new techniques or breakthroughs in "nerve sparing" surgery...it is not as "nerve sparing" as they say...
Don Pescado
Indeed. The standard survey questions are misleading too, because they don't consider the possible relevance of pumps, injections, and implants. Bit its a "validated" survey so they won't change it.
I tried everything after my "partial nerve sparing". Sadly even the implant is not successful for intercourse. The good thing is zero PSA 4 years after stage 3a cancer.
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