Should transperineal prostate biopsy be the standard of care?

RN Wilcox Vanden Berg, AK George, DR Kaye - Current urology reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We reviewed the advantages and disadvantages of
transperineal prostate biopsy (TP-bx) to evaluate its potential role as the standard of care for …

Prostate cancer diagnosis: Biopsy approaches

B Paul Gravestock, S Matthew… - Exon …, 2022 - exonpublications.com
Prostate cancer is a common and increasing malignancy in men. Tissue is generally
obtained using prostate biopsy for diagnosis and risk stratification. There are many prostate …

Antimicrobial stewardship: a COVID casualty?

C Lynch, N Mahida, J Gray - Journal of Hospital …, 2020 - journalofhospitalinfection.com
How the world has changed in under a year. This time last year the threat posed by
antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and particularly multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria …

Effect of targeted prophylaxis with rectal swab on complications after prostate biopsy: prospective randomized study

E Benli, A Yuce, A Cirakoglu, I Yazici, N Kadim… - Irish Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Springer
Background For diagnosis of prostate cancer, prostate biopsy accompanied by TRUS is the
current method applied today. Aim The aim of this study was to compare targeted antibiotic …

Should we review our prophylaxis approach for increased antibiotic resistance in transrectal prostate biopsy?

A Altunsoy, Ş Coşer, N Kemirtlek, IC Aykanat… - The Journal of Infection …, 2024 - jidc.org
Introduction: This study aims to show the bacteriologic picture of acute prostatitis and
bacteremia caused by infective agent after transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy …

Trends and variation in prostate cancer diagnosis via transperineal biopsy in Australia and New Zealand

ME O'Callaghan, M Roberts, J Grummet, S Mark… - … Oncology: Seminars and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background To describe changes in the use of prostate biopsy techniques among men
diagnosed with prostate cancer in Australia and New Zealand and examine factors …

Improved needle design to reduce the risk of infection in transrectal prostate biopsies

A Forsvall - 2022 - portal.research.lu.se
This thesis addresses infections in prostate biopsy–a global problem. Over 3 million prostate
biopsies are performed annually and 3% of men suffer a severe infection. The risk of …

Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy Should Continue to Be a Standard of Care for the Detection of Prostate Cancer

S Kotamarti, A George, A Zhu, TJ Polascik - Urology, 2022 - goldjournal.net
For men with suspicion of prostate cancer (PCa), prostate biopsy remains the hallmark of
evaluation as it provides definitive tissue confirmation. Early biopsy strategies were …