Open AccessDoes Abstinence From Ejaculation Before Prostate MRI Improve Evaluation of the Seminal Vesicles?
Author(s) -
Ismail Kabakus,
Samuel Borofsky,
Francesca Mertan,
Matthew D. Greer,
Dagane Daar,
Bradford J. Wood,
Peter A. Pinto,
Peter L. Choyke,
Barış Türkbey
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.16.16278
Subject(s) - medicine , abstinence , ejaculation , prostate , urology , sexual abstinence , vesicle , gynecology , psychiatry , family planning , population , research methodology , cancer , environmental health , membrane , biology , genetics
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.