Juha Knaapila, Marianne Gunell, Kari Syvänen, Otto Ettala, Esa Kähkönen, Tarja Lamminen, Marjo Seppänen, Ivan Jambor, Antti Rannikko, Jarno Riikonen, Eveliina Munukka, Erkki Eerola, Antti J Hakanen, Peter J Boström
BACKGROUND: Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy (TRUS-Bx) is typically considered a safe procedure. However, infectious complications have been increasing. OBJECTIVE: To determine the contemporary rate of biopsy-related infectious and noninfectious complications after TRUS-Bx, and identify potential risk factors associated with the complications. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This was a prospective multicenter study and a substudy of a trial investigating the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in prostate cancer diagnosis (multi-IMPROD, NCT02241122)...
December 20, 2017: European Urology Focus