Iatrogenic injury to the cavernous nerve and its branches results in post-operative erectile dysfunction in up to 85 % of men undergoing a radical prostatectomy. Here, we describe using a novel fluorescence-imaging system developed to detect nerve autofluorescence in a 66-year-old gentleman with prostate adenocarcinoma (Gleason Score 8 [4 + 4], prognostic group 4, indicating a highly-aggressive prostate cancer) who underwent laparotomic radical prostatectomy.
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