Background: The recent plethora of reports of “free-hand” transperineal prostate biopsy (fTP-
Bx) under local anesthesia (LA) demonstrate that many centers consider this technique to be …

Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) has been an invaluable tool in the assessment of prostate
size, anatomy and aiding in prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis for decades. Emerging …

Purpose: Our aim was to evaluate whether transperineal (TP) MRI-targeted prostate biopsy
(TBx) may improve the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa), defined as …

Context Transperineal prostate biopsy is associated with a significantly lower risk of
infectious complications than the transrectal approach. In fact, the risk of infectious …

Prostate biopsy is the definitive investigation to diagnose prostate cancer. The ideal
procedure would be one that offers fast and efficient results safely as an outpatient …

Background To investigate infectious and non-infectious complications after transperineal
prostate biopsy (TPB) without antibiotic prophylaxis in a multicenter cohort. Secondly, to …

The earliest recorded efforts to biopsy prostate, in the early 20th century, were made through
transperineal (TP) approach, with open perineal prostate biopsy (PBx) being considered the …

Background To investigate the influence factors of infection complications of transrectal
ultrasound-guided transperineal prostate biopsy. Methods A total of 2192 patients who …

Abstract Introduction Transperineal Prostate biopsies (TPBx) are usually performed under
general anesthesia without image fusion. This study aimed to evaluate prostate cancer (Pca) …

Objective To conduct a systematic review of the literature to assess the diagnostic ability,
complication rate, patient tolerability, and cost of local anaesthetic (LA) transperineal …