Preventing Prostate Biopsy Complications: to Augment or to Swab?

Preventing bone complications in advanced prostate cancer.

The diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer have steadily been improving since the late 1980s. However, clinicians still confront a large group of men developing disease metastatic to bone. Adequate control of bone complications plays a fundamental role in achieving control of symptoms and quality of life in this group. Androgen deprivation therapy, the standard treatment for advanced prosta...

Systematic review of complications of prostate biopsy.

CONTEXT Prostate biopsy is commonly performed for cancer detection and management. The benefits and risks of prostate biopsy are germane to ongoing debates about prostate cancer screening and treatment. OBJECTIVE To perform a systematic review of complications from prostate biopsy. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A literature search was performed using PubMed and Embase, supplemented with additional r...

“Targeted” prophylaxis: Impact of rectal swab culture-directed prophylaxis on infectious complications after transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy

PURPOSE To assess the prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistance among patients undergoing transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy and the impact of rectal swab culture-directed antibiotic prophylaxis on postbiopsy infectious complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS We prospectively analyzed all patients undergoing TRUS-guided prostate biopsy from April 2013 to February 2015. Antibioti...

Infectious Complications after Prostate Biopsy: A Prospective Multicenter Prostate Biopsy Study

Eu Chang Hwang, Ho Song Yu, Seung Il Jung, Dong Deuk Kwon, Sun Ju Lee, Tae-Hyoung Kim, In Ho Chang, Hana Yoon, Bongsuk Shim, Kwang Hyun Kim, Donghyun Lee, Jung-Sik Huh, Dong Hoon Lim, Won Jin Jo, Seung Ki Min, Gilho Lee, Ki Ho Kim, Tae Hwan Kim, Seo Yeon Lee, Seung Ok Yang, Jae Min Chung, Sang Don Lee, Chang Hee Han, Sang Rak Bae, Hyun Sop Choe, Seung-Ju Lee, Hong Chung, Yong Gil Na, Seung Woo ...

analgesia for prostate biopsy: efficacy of diclofenac patch versus diclofenac suppository as compared to placebo during prostate biopsy