Lars Pursche

Mr. Lars Pursche

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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10 February 2022 in Cancers
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MGMagdalena Görtz
Magdalena Görtz
JNJoanne Nyaboe Nyarangi-Dix
Joanne Nyaboe Nyarangi-Dix
LPLars Pursche
Lars Pursche
VSViktoria Schuetz
Viktoria Schuetz
PRPhilipp Reimold
Philipp Reimold
JRJan Philipp Radtke
Jan Philipp Radtke
Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) and MRI/ultrasound fusion-targeted prostate biopsy (FB) have excellent sensitivity in detecting significant prostate cancer (sPC). FB platforms can be distinguished by rigid (RTB) or elastic image registration (ETB). We compared RTB and ETB by analyzing sPC detection rates of both RTB and ETB at different stages of the surgeons’ learning curve. Patients undergoing RTB between 2015–2017 (n = 502) were compared to patients undergoing ETB from 2017–2019 (n = 437). SPC detection rates were compared by Chi-square-test on patient-basis. Combination of transperineal systematic biopsy and each TB served as reference and sub-analyses were performed for different grades of surgeon’s experience. In the RTB subgroup, 233 men (46%) had sPC, compared to 201 (46%) in the ETB subgroup. RTB alone detected 94% of men with sPC and ETB 87% (p = 0.02). However, for at least intermediate-experienced surgeons (>100 FB), no differences occurred between RTB and ETB. In the total cohort, at least intermediate-experienced surgeons detected significantly more sPC (10%, p = 0.008) than novices. Thus, targeted transperineal MRI/TRUS-FB with a RTB registration system showed a similar sPC detection rate to ETB in experienced surgeons but a superior sPC detection rate to ETB in the total cohort. Low-experienced surgeons seem to benefit from RTB.