If the Crossfire debate at the American Urological Association (AUA) virtual annual meeting is any indication, advocates for transperineal (TP) biopsies face an uphill battle in persuading U.S.

Povidone-iodine cleansing plus formalin disinfection of the needle is a "simple, low-cost, and effective" nonantibiotic strategy to decrease infectious complications following transrectal ultrasound ...

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 ...

Non-infiltrative anesthetics are safe and effective in treating pain from transrectal prostate biopsy, according to research from the Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation at the University ...

Earlier this week, researchers presented data from the OPTIMUM (Optimization of Prostate Biopsy – Micro-Ultrasound Versus MRI) trial at the European Association of Urology Congress in Madrid, Spain.

From University Hospitals: The University Hospitals (UH) Urology Institute is the first in Northeast Ohio to use a new technique to diagnose prostate cancer. The method allows the urologist to obtain ...

Here's welcome news for men of a certain age: new results support a less invasive approach to investigations for suspicion of prostate cancer. An approach using MRI of the prostate followed by ...

Confirmatory biopsy with MRI guidance provides a more accurate risk assessment than a conventional transrectal ultrasound confirmatory biopsy, according to researchers. Confirmatory magnetic resonance ...

When it comes to prostate biopsy, is the transperineal or transrectal route better? Urologists are currently awaiting results from ongoing clinical trials exploring whether transperineal prostate ...