Apport de l'imagerie avant, pendant et après la prostatectomie

Before prostatectomy, imaging has a dual role: detecting cancer and staging it. During prostatectomy, imaging can guide the surgeon by localizing a probable zone of prostate extension that therefore contraindicates vessel and nerve preservation. After la prostatectomy, imaging can be useful to differentiate local recurrence and distant metastasis. New techniques such as dynamic MRI and MRI spectroscopy are very promising.