Biopsym: a Learning Environment for Trans-Rectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsies

BiopSym: A Simulator for Enhanced Learning of Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy

This paper describes a simulator of ultrasound-guided prostate biopsies for cancer diagnosis. When performing biopsy series, the clinician has to move the ultrasound probe and to mentally integrate the real-time bi-dimensional images into a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the anatomical environment. Such a 3D representation is necessary to sample regularly the prostate in order to maxi...

[Influence of learning curve in the diagnosis of prostate cancer by ultrasound guided biopsy].

OBJECTIVE To analyze if there is a learning curve to get to perform high quality ultrasound guided prostate biopsies that enable to effectively perform the diagnosis of prostate cancer, taking the pathological result of the samples into consideration. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed data from 790 ultrasound-guided biopsies performed consecutively in our center between May 2009 and Decembe...

The influence of ultrasound probe orientation on prostate cancer detection rate during trans-rectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy

Complications and risk factors in transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsies.

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Prostate biopsy is not a procedure without risk. There is concern about major complications and which antibiotics are best for routine use before these biopsies. The objective was to determine the rate of complications and the possible risk factors in prostate biopsies. DESIGN AND SETTING Prospective study, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu. METHODS Transrectal ultraso...

Technical Advices for Prostate Needle Biopsy Under Transrectal Ultrasound Guidance

In the early 1990's when systematic biopsy of prostate using transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) had just begun, there was enthusiasm for identifying abnormalities and obtaining appropriate samples. Since the occurrences of early small prostate cancer are increasing and identifying tumors using TRUS are somewhat subjective, the efficiency of the method in detecting and staging prostate cancer ha...