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Correas JM, Halpern EJ, Barr RG, Ghai S, Walz J, Bodard S, Dariane C, de la Rosette J. Advanced ultrasound in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. World J Urol 2020; 39:661-676. [PMID: 32306060 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-020-03193-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa) can be challenging due to the limited performance of current diagnostic tests, including PSA, digital rectal examination and transrectal conventional US. Multiparametric MRI has improved PCa diagnosis and is recommended prior to biopsy; however, mp-MRI does miss a substantial number of PCa. Advanced US modalities include transrectal prostate elastography and contrast-enhanced US, as well as improved B-mode, micro-US and micro-Doppler techniques. These techniques can be combined to define a novel US approach, multiparametric US (mp-US). Mp-US improves PCa diagnosis but is not sufficiently accurate to obviate the utility of mp-MRI. Mp-US using advanced techniques and mp-MRI provide complementary information which will become even more important in the era of focal therapy, where precise identification of PCa location is needed.
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- Jean-Michel Correas
- Department of Adult Radiology, Paris University and Necker University Hospital, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75015, Paris Cedex 15, France.
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- Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Institut Paoli-Calmettes Cancer Centre, Marseille, France
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- Department of Adult Radiology, Paris University and Necker University Hospital, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75015, Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Department of Urology, Paris University and European Hospital Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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Lass E, Raveendran L. Educational implications of changing the guidelines for the digital rectal examination. CANADIAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN MEDECIN DE FAMILLE CANADIEN 2019; 65:838-840. [PMID: 31722918 PMCID: PMC6853337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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- Elliot Lass
- Family medicine resident in the Integrated 3-Year Family Medicine Residency program at Mount Sinai Hospital in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and an MSc candidate in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation with a focus in System Leadership and Innovation at the University of Toronto in Ontario
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- Medical student in the Faculty of Medicine and an MSc candidate in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation with a focus in System Leadership and Innovation at the University of Toronto
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Lass E, Raveendran L. [Not Available]. CANADIAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN MEDECIN DE FAMILLE CANADIEN 2019; 65:e497-e499. [PMID: 31722931 PMCID: PMC6853355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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- Elliot Lass
- Résident en médecine familiale dans le programme de résidence de trois ans en médecine de famille intégrée au Département de médecine familiale et communautaire de l'hôpital Mount Sinaï, et candidat à la maîtrise ès sciences à l'Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, avec une spécialisation en leadership et innovation systémiques à l'Université de Toronto en Ontario
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- Étudiant en médecine à la Faculté de médecine et candidat à la maîtrise ès sciences à l'Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, avec une spécialisation en leadership et innovation systémiques à l'Université de Toronto
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Gerling GJ, Hauser SC, Soltis BR, Bowen AK, Fanta KD, Wang Y. A Standard Methodology to Characterize the Intrinsic Material Properties of Compliant Test Stimuli. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON HAPTICS 2018; 11:498-508. [PMID: 29993841 PMCID: PMC6396288 DOI: 10.1109/toh.2018.2825396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Understanding how we perceive differences in material compliance, or 'softness,' is a central topic in the field of haptics. The intrinsic elasticity of an object is the primary factor thought to influence our perceptual estimates. Therefore, most studies test and report the elasticity of their stimuli, typically as stiffness or modulus. However, many reported estimates are of very high magnitude for silicone-elastomers, which may be due to artifacts in characterization technique. This makes it very difficult to compare the perceptual results between the studies. The work herein defines a standardized and easy-to-implement way to characterize test stimuli. The procedure involves the unconstrained, uniaxial compression of a plate into cylindrical substrates 10 mm tall by 10 mm diameter. The resultant force-displacement data are straightforwardly converted into stress-strain data, from which a modulus is readily derived. This procedure was used to re-characterize stimuli from prior studies. The revised results from the validated method herein are 200-1,100 percent lower than modulus values either reported and/or approximated from stiffness. This is practically significant when differences of 10-15 percent are perceptually discriminable. The re-characterized estimates are useful in comparing prior studies and designing new studies. Furthermore, this characterization methodology may help more readily bridge studies on perception with those designing technology.
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Hauser SC, Gerling GJ, Hauser SC, Gerling GJ, Gerling GJ, Hauser SC. Force-Rate Cues Reduce Object Deformation Necessary to Discriminate Compliances Harder than the Skin. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON HAPTICS 2018; 11:232-240. [PMID: 28641270 PMCID: PMC6020043 DOI: 10.1109/toh.2017.2715845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Grasping and manipulating an object requires us to perceive its material compliance. Compliance is thought to be encoded by relationships of force, displacement, and contact area at the finger pad. Prior work suggests that objects must be sufficiently deformed to become discriminable, but the utility of time-dependent cues has not been fully explored. The studies herein find that the availability of force-rate cues improve compliance discriminability so as to require less deformation of stimulus and finger pad. In particular, we tested the impact of controlling force-rate and displacement-rate cues in passive touch psychophysical experiments. An ink-based method to mark the finger pad was used to measure contact area per stimulus, simultaneously with displacement and force. Compliances spanned a range harder and softer than the finger pad. The results indicated harder compliances were discriminable at lower peak forces when the stimulus control mode was displacement-rate (0.5 N) compared to force-rate (1.3 N). That is, when displacement-rate was controlled to be equal between the two compliances, the resultant force-rate psychophysical cues could be more readily discriminated. In extending prior studies, while some magnitude of finger pad deformation may be sufficient for discriminability, temporal cues tied to force afford more efficient judgments.
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Barr RG, Cosgrove D, Brock M, Cantisani V, Correas JM, Postema AW, Salomon G, Tsutsumi M, Xu HX, Dietrich CF. WFUMB Guidelines and Recommendations on the Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography: Part 5. Prostate. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2017; 43:27-48. [PMID: 27567060 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2016.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) has produced guidelines for the use of elastography techniques, including basic science, breast, liver and thyroid elastography. Here we present elastography in prostate diseases. For each available technique, procedure, reproducibility, results and limitations are analyzed and recommendations are given. Finally, recommendations are given based on the level of evidence of the published literature and on the WFUMB expert group's consensus. This document has a clinical perspective and is aimed at assessing the usefulness of elastography in the management of prostate diseases.
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- Richard G Barr
- Department of Radiology, Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio, USA; Southwoods Imaging, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Radiology, Imperial and Kings Colleges, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Policlinico Umberto I, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Adult Radiology, Paris-Descartes University and Necker University Hospital, Paris; Institut Langevin, Inserm U979, Paris, France
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- Department of Urology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Martini Klinik am Universitätsklinikum Hamburg, Eppendorf, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Hitachi General Hospital, Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Ultrasound Research and Education Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine 2, Caritas Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany; Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
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Hauser SC, Gerling GJ. Measuring tactile cues at the fingerpad for object compliances harder and softer than the skin. IEEE HAPTICS SYMPOSIUM : [PROCEEDINGS]. IEEE HAPTICS SYMPOSIUM 2016; 2016:247-252. [PMID: 27331072 DOI: 10.1109/haptics.2016.7463185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Distinguishing an object's compliance, into percepts of "softness" and "hardness," is crucial to our ability to grasp and manipulate it. Biomechanical cues at the skin's surface such as contact area and force rate have been thought to help encode compliance. However, no one has directly measured contact area with compliant materials, and few studies have considered compliances softer than the fingerpad. Herein, we developed a novel method to precisely measure the area in contact between compliant stimuli and the fingerpad, at given levels of force and displacement. To determine the method's robustness, we conducted psychophysical and biomechanical experiments with human subjects. The results indicate that cues including contact area at stimulus peak force of 3 Newtons, force rate over stimulus movement and at peak force, displacement and/or time to reach peak force may help in discriminating compliances while the directional spread of contact area is less important. Between softer and harder compliances, some cues were slightly more evident, though not yet definitively. Based upon the method's utility, the next step is to conduct broader experiments to distill the mixture of cues that encode compliance. The importance of such work lies in building haptic displays, for example, to render virtual tissues.
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- Steven C Hauser
- Graduate student in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia, VA 22904 USA
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- Associate professor in Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA
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Li H, Xia J, Xie S, Guo Y, Xin M, Li F. Prostate cancer: a comparison of the diagnostic performance of transrectal ultrasound versus contrast enhanced transrectal ultrasound in different clinical characteristics. Int J Clin Exp Med 2015; 8:21428-21434. [PMID: 26885087 PMCID: PMC4723932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/01/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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To determine whether contrast-enhanced transrectal ultrasound (CE-TRUS) is superior to transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) on diagnosis of prostate cancer, 317 patients were processed TRUS examination with or without SonoVue, then biopsy was performed. Sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of two techniques were compared in multiple subgroups of PSA level, Digital rectal examination (DRE) and prostate volume on biopsy results. In PSA 4-10 ng/ml and DRE negative groups, CE-TRUS had greater sensitivity and accuracy compared with TRUS by patient (P = .004 and .003; .013 and .005 respectively) and greater sensitivity, accuracy, PPV and NPV by core. When prostate volume was 45-65 ml, CE-TRUS had greater specificity and accuracy by patient and all diagnostic performances were statistically significant by core. CE-TRUS is superior to TRUS on diagnosis of prostate cancer in a designed patient population with lower PSA level, DRE negative findings and modest prostate volume.
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- Hongli Li
- Department of Ultrasound, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University Shanghai 200127, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University Shanghai 200127, China
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Asif M, Shahzad N, Ali M, Zafar H. Teaching and practising rectal examination in Pakistan. CLINICAL TEACHER 2015; 12:399-402. [PMID: 26016519 DOI: 10.1111/tct.12371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Digital rectal examination (DRE) is an integral part of physical examination. The teaching and practising of DRE should start early in medical school for mastering the skills to perform DRE by the time of graduation. In recent years it has been observed that medical students are reluctant to learn and practise DRE because of a perception of the reduced importance of DRE as compared with other modalities of investigation. We evaluated the knowledge and attitude of medical students and interns towards the teaching and practising of DRE. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional survey of four medical institutions in Karachi, Pakistan. RESULTS Of the 398 participants included in the study, almost half were medical students. Almost all (98%) of the participants appreciated the importance of DRE. Only half of the participants reported having been formally taught about DRE before reaching the final year of medical school. Only 16 per cent reported the use of manikins as an aide to demonstrate and practise DRE. The median number of times respondents had performed DRE was one. Patients' refusal to grant consent was the most common reason given for not performing DRE. Students are reluctant to learn and practise DRE because of a perception of its reduced importance CONCLUSION Teaching sessions on DRE using manikins are suggested to begin early in medical school. It is also suggested that a minimum number of DREs should be performed under supervision before the completion of the internship.
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- Muhammad Asif
- Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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Gwilliam JC, Yoshioka T, Okamura AM, Hsiao SS. Neural coding of passive lump detection in compliant artificial tissue. J Neurophysiol 2014; 112:1131-41. [PMID: 24805077 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00032.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Here, we investigate the neural mechanisms of detecting lumps embedded in artificial compliant tissues. We performed a combined psychophysical study of humans performing a passive lump detection task with a neurophysiological study in nonhuman primates (Macaca mulatta) where we recorded the responses of peripheral mechanoreceptive afferents to lumps embedded at various depths in intermediates (rubbers) of varying compliance. The psychophysical results reveal that human lump detection is greatly degraded by both lump depth and decreased compliance of the intermediate. The neurophysiology results reveal that only the slowly adapting type 1 (SA1) afferents provide a clear spatial representation of lumps at all depths and that the representation is affected by lump size, depth, and compliance of the intermediate. The rapidly adapting afferents are considerably less sensitive to the lump. We defined eight neural response measures that we hypothesized could explain the psychophysical behavior, including peak firing rate, spatial spread of neural activity, and additional parameters derived from these measures. We find that peak firing rate encodes the depth of the lump, and the neural spatial spread of the SA1 response encodes for lump size but not lump shape. We also find that the perception of lump size may be affected by the compliance of the intermediate. The results show that lump detection is based on a spatial population code of the SA1 afferents, which is distorted by the depth of the lump and compliance of the tissue.
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- James C Gwilliam
- Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute and Kennedy Krieger Institute, Departments of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute and Kennedy Krieger Institute, Departments of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute and Kennedy Krieger Institute, Departments of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute and Kennedy Krieger Institute, Departments of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Ploussard G, Nicolaiew N, Mongiat-Artus P, Terry S, Allory Y, Vacherot F, Abbou CC, Desgrandchamps F, Salomon L, de la Taille A. Left lobe of the prostate during clinical prostate cancer screening: the dark side of the gland for right-handed examiners. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2014; 17:157-62. [PMID: 24513649 DOI: 10.1038/pcan.2014.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2013] [Revised: 01/07/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND The predictive value of the abnormality side during digital rectal examination (DRE) has never been studied, suggesting that physicians examined the left lobe of the gland as well as the right lobe. We aimed to assess the predictive value of the side of DRE abnormality for prostate cancer (PCa) detection and aggressiveness in right-handed urologists. METHODS An analysis of a prospective database was carried out that included all consecutive men undergoing prostate biopsies between 2001 and 2012. The main end point was the predictive value of the abnormality side during DRE for cancer detection in clinically suspicious unilateral T2 disease. The diagnostic performance of left- versus right-sided abnormality was also assessed in terms of sensitivity, specificity and negative/positive predictive values. RESULTS Overall, 308 patients had a suspicious unilateral clinical disease (detection rate 57.5%). The cancer detection rate was significantly higher in case of left-sided compared with right-sided clinical T2 stage (odds ratio 2.1). In case of left-sided disease, the number of positive cores, the rate of perineural invasion, the rate of primary grade 4 pattern and the percentage of cancer involvement per core were significantly higher compared with those reported for right-sided disease. The predictive value of abnormality laterality for cancer detection and aggressiveness remained statistically independent in multivariate models. The positive predictive value for cancer detection was 64.6 in case of suspicious left-sided disease versus 46.9 in case of right-sided disease. CONCLUSIONS The risks of detecting PCa and aggressive disease on biopsy are significantly higher when DRE reveals a suspicious left-sided clinical disease as compared with right-sided disease. Right-handed physicians should be aware of this variance in diagnostic performance and potential underdetection of left-sided clinical disease, and should improve their examination of the left lobe of the gland by conducting longer exams or changing the patient's position.
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- G Ploussard
- 1] INSERM U955 Eq07 Departments of Urology and Pathology, APHP, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France [2] Department of Urology, APHP, CHU Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- INSERM U955 Eq07 Departments of Urology and Pathology, APHP, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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- INSERM U955 Eq07 Departments of Urology and Pathology, APHP, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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- INSERM U955 Eq07 Departments of Urology and Pathology, APHP, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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- INSERM U955 Eq07 Departments of Urology and Pathology, APHP, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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- INSERM U955 Eq07 Departments of Urology and Pathology, APHP, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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- INSERM U955 Eq07 Departments of Urology and Pathology, APHP, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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- INSERM U955 Eq07 Departments of Urology and Pathology, APHP, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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Good DW, Stewart GD, Hammer S, Scanlan P, Shu W, Phipps S, Reuben R, McNeill AS. Elasticity as a biomarker for prostate cancer: a systematic review. BJU Int 2013; 113:523-34. [DOI: 10.1111/bju.12236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Daniel W. Good
- Edinburgh Urological Cancer Group; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh UK
- Department of Urology; Western General Hospital; Edinburgh UK
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- Edinburgh Urological Cancer Group; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh UK
- Department of Urology; Western General Hospital; Edinburgh UK
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- School of Engineering and Physical Sciences; Heriot-Watt University; Edinburgh UK
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- School of Engineering and Physical Sciences; Heriot-Watt University; Edinburgh UK
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- School of Engineering and Physical Sciences; Heriot-Watt University; Edinburgh UK
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- Edinburgh Urological Cancer Group; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh UK
- Department of Urology; Western General Hospital; Edinburgh UK
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- School of Engineering and Physical Sciences; Heriot-Watt University; Edinburgh UK
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- Edinburgh Urological Cancer Group; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh UK
- Department of Urology; Western General Hospital; Edinburgh UK
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SALUD LH, KWAN C, PUGH CM. Simplifying touch data from tri-axial sensors using a new data visualization tool. Stud Health Technol Inform 2013; 184:370-376. [PMID: 23400186 PMCID: PMC3693446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Quantification and evaluation of palpation is a growing field of research in medicine and engineering. A newly developed tri-axial touch sensor has been designed to capture a multi-dimensional profile of touch-loaded forces. We have developed a data visualization tool as a first step in simplifying interpretation of touch for assessing hands-on clinical performance.
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Greenwald D, Cao CGL, Bushnell EW. Haptic Detection of Artificial Tumors by Hand and with a Tool in a MIS Environment. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON HAPTICS 2012; 5:131-138. [PMID: 26964069 DOI: 10.1109/toh.2011.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Minimally invasive surgery uses optical cameras and special surgical tools in order to operate from an environment one step removed from the body cavity of interest to the surgeon. It has been suggested that constraints posed by this arrangement, in particular the lack of direct haptic feedback to the surgeon, may affect the surgeon's ability to identify tissues and accurately maneuver inside the body cavity. In the present study, the ability of laypeople to detect artificial tumors of various hardness values embedded in silicone gels was assessed in a simulated MIS environment. Participants explored the gels under three conditions all with remote viewing; using the unrestricted bare finger, using a stick-like surgical tool also unrestricted, and using the surgical tool restricted by its insertion through an operating port as in MIS. Participants were significantly more accurate and more efficient at tumor detection with the finger as compared to the other methods of exploration, and they were also better at detecting harder tumors as compared to softer ones. The potential implications of these results for the role of haptic perception in minimally invasive surgery are discussed.
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Carayon P, Bass E, Bellandi T, Gurses A, Hallbeck S, Mollo V. Socio-Technical Systems Analysis in Health Care: A Research Agenda. IIE TRANSACTIONS ON HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 2011; 1:145-160. [PMID: 22611480 PMCID: PMC3351758 DOI: 10.1080/19488300.2011.619158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Given the complexity of health care and the 'people' nature of healthcare work and delivery, STSA (Sociotechnical Systems Analysis) research is needed to address the numerous quality of care problems observed across the world. This paper describes open STSA research areas, including workload management, physical, cognitive and macroergonomic issues of medical devices and health information technologies, STSA in transitions of care, STSA of patient-centered care, risk management and patient safety management, resilience, and feedback loops between event detection, reporting and analysis and system redesign.
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- Pascale Carayon
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept of Industrial & Systems Engr - CQPI, 1550 Engineering Drive, 3126 Engineering Centers Building, Madison, 53705 United States
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- University of Virginia, Systems and Information Engineering, 151 Engineer’s Way, P.O. Box 400747, Charlottesville, 22904 United States
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- Centro Gestione Rischio Clinico e Sicurezza dei Pazienti, Patient Safety Research Lab, Palazzina 67a, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Largo Brambilla 3, Firenze, 50134 Italy
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- Johns Hopkins University, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Health Policy and Management, 1909 Thames Street, 2nd floor, Baltimore, 21231 United States
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BACKGROUND All health care practitioners should be facile in the digital rectal exam (DRE) as it provides prostate, rectal and neurological information. The purpose of this study was first to justify our hypothesis that tissue elasticity is indicative of carcinomatous changes. Second, we employed urological surgeons to evaluate our prostate simulator in three ways: (1) authenticate that the elasticity of the simulated prostates accurately represents the range of normal prostate stiffness, (2) determine the range of nodule size reasonably palpable by DRE and (3) discern what degree of elasticity difference within the same prostate suggests malignancy. METHODS Institutional Review Board-approved materials characterization, human-subjects experiments, histopathology and chart abstraction of clinical history were performed. Material characterization of 21 ex-vivo prostatectomy specimens was evaluated using a custom-built, portable spherical indentation device while a novel prostate simulator was employed to measure human-subject perception of prostatic state. RESULTS From the materials characterization, the measurements of the 21 gross prostates and 40 cross-sections yielded 306 data points. Within the same prostate, cancer was always stiffer. Of the seven cases with an abnormal DRE, the DRE accurately identified adenocarcinoma in 85%. From the human-subjects experiments, the simulated prostates evaluated by urologists ranged in stiffness from 8.9 to 91 kPa, mimicking the range found on ex vivo analysis of 4.6-236.7 kPa. The urological surgeons determined the upper limit of stiffness palpated as realistic for a healthy prostate was 59.63 kPa while the lower limit of stiffness was 27.1 kPa. Nodule size less than 7.5 mm was felt to be too small to reasonably palpate. CONCLUSIONS We found it is not the absolute elasticity of the nodule, but rather the relationship of the nodule with the background prostate elasticity that constitutes the critical tactile feedback. Prostate simulator training may lead to greater familiarity with pertinent diagnostic cues and diagnosis of prostate cancer.
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Zheng XZ, Ji P, Mao HW, Zhang XY, Xia EH, Chen XF. A novel approach to assessing changes in prostate stiffness with age using virtual touch tissue quantification. JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE 2011; 30:387-390. [PMID: 21357561 DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.3.387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Virtual touch tissue quantification is a promising new implementation of the acoustic radiation force impulse ultrasound technique. The purposes of this study were to describe the normal shear wave velocity values of the prostate by virtual touch tissue quantification and to examine the clinical usefulness of this procedure in evaluation of age-related shear wave velocity changes in the prostate. METHODS One hundred twenty healthy volunteers were involved in this study. They were divided into 3 groups (40 participants per group): young (<30 years), middle aged (30-60 years), and old (>60 years). The shear wave velocity was measured at the inner and outer glands of the prostate at the maximum depth (~5.5 cm) in each participant. RESULTS The mean shear wave velocities ± SD at the inner gland of the prostate in the young, middle-aged, and old groups were 0.86 ± 0.21, 1.17 ± 0.42, and 1.82 ± 0.61 m/s, respectively, whereas the velocities at the outer gland in the respective groups were 0.85 ± 0.32, 1.15 ± 0.49, and 1.87 ± 0.75 m/s. The shear wave velocities did not differ between the inner and outer glands in any age group. They were all significantly greater in the old group than in the young and middle-aged groups (P < .05). Moreover, the shear wave velocities at the inner and outer glands all correlated significantly with age. CONCLUSIONS Virtual touch tissue quantification can provide numerical measurements of prostate stiffness and can effectively and objectively indicate age-related changes in prostate stiffness by measuring shear wave velocity values.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiao-Zhi Zheng
- Department of Ultrasound, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, First People's Hospital of Yancheng, Yancheng, China.
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Using a Prostate Exam Simulator to Decipher Palpation Techniques that Facilitate the Detection of Abnormalities Near Clinical Limits. Simul Healthc 2010; 5:152-60. [DOI: 10.1097/sih.0b013e3181e3bd40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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