Transperineal prostate biopsy - tips for analgesia

BJU Int. 2017 Aug;120(2):164-167. doi: 10.1111/bju.13859. Epub 2017 May 25.

Authors

Shannon McGrath¹, Daniel Christidis¹, Emma Clarebrough², Rahul Ingle¹, Marlon Perera¹, Damien Bolton^{1

3}, Nathan Lawrentschuk^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
² Department of Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
³ Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
⁴ Department of Surgical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.

PMID: 28371328
DOI: 10.1111/bju.13859

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Anesthesia / methods
Anesthetics, Local / pharmacology
Biopsy, Needle
Humans
Injections, Subcutaneous
Lidocaine*
Male
Middle Aged
Nerve Block / methods*
Pain Management / methods
Pain Measurement*
Perineum / pathology
Perineum / surgery
Prostate / drug effects
Prostate / innervation
Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery
Pudendal Nerve / drug effects*

Substances

Anesthetics, Local
Lidocaine