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From: Role of puboperinealis and rectourethralis muscles as a urethral support system to maintain urinary continence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

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Anatomical analysis of the structure around the urethra using MRI before and after RARP. (A) The left and right cross-sectional areas of PPM (dotted circles) at the height of RUM on the dorsal side of the urethra were calculated using coronal sections. (B) The tissue between the urethra and rectum was considered to be RUM (double arrow) in the transverse plane, and the left–right diameter was measured. PPM puboperinealis muscle, RUM rectourethral muscle, U urethra, R rectum.

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