Local anesthetic transperineal (LATP) biopsy for prostate cancer detection is gaining in popularity due to concerns about infectious complications with transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy. LATP ...

A transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) of the prostate may also be called a prostate sonogram or endorectal ultrasound. A doctor usually performs a TRUS to help diagnose prostate cancer or detect prostate ...

Rates of severe infection after transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) prostate biopsy that require hospitalization are on the rise, a population-based Swedish study shows. "Over 100,000 biopsies are ...

While the majority of prostate cancers are detected in the peripheral zone (PZ), [1] recent MRI data suggest that the anterior zone (AZ) of the prostate, an area that is not palpable on digital rectal ...

How reliable is a negative MRI/TRUS fusion biopsy? The predictive value of targeted biopsy for prostate cancer. Impact of timing of biochemical failure on the eventual development of clinical failure ...

Patient-adjusted nitrous oxide (N 2 O), commonly called laughing gas, did not reduce anxiety associated with transrectal prostate biopsy but significantly reduced pain as compared with standard ...

Gray-scale transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) alone has a limited potential to detect prostate cancer, particularly in patients with total PSA levels below 20 ng/mL, researchers reported in the ...

The diagnostics advisory committee also considered evidence on LATP prostate biopsy with the CamPROBE device (JEB Technologies), which is used with a double freehand technique. Evidence was considered ...

Biopsy with local anesthetic ultrasound-guided transperineal (LATP) identified more clinically significant prostate cancers than transrectal ultrasound (TRUS), but the procedure came with tradeoffs, a ...