The need to reduce patient discomfort during transrectal ultrasonography-guided prostate biopsy: what do we know?

BJU Int. 2005 Nov;96(7):977-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05736.x.

Authors

Marco De Sio¹, Massimo D'Armiento, Giuseppe Di Lorenzo, Rocco Damiano, Sisto Perdonà, Sabino De Placido, Riccardo Autorino

Affiliation

¹ Chair of Urology, Second University, 80132 Naples, Italy.

PMID: 16225512
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05736.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Anesthesia, Local
Biopsy / methods
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nerve Block
Pain / prevention & control
Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Reoperation
Stress, Psychological
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasound, High-Intensity Focused, Transrectal*