PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness of 2 more core prostate biopsy protocol in detecting the prostate cancer (PCa) by comparing 10-core prostate biopsy with 12-core according to the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level and the prostate volume. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 474 men with elevated serum levels of PSA between 2.5 and 20.0 ng/mL, regardless of abnormal finding on digital rec...

We aimed to introduce an approach for image-guided positioning of electrodes for irreversible electroporation (IRE) in patients with prostate cancer using a magnetic resonance imaging-transrectal ultrasonography (MRI-TRUS) fusion technique. In 10 consecutive patients with biopsy-proven Gleason score ≤3+4 prostate cancer, 19 G electrodes were inserted into the prostate using a transperineal acce...

Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the uterine microbiota composition cows on day 15 estrous cycle. Non-pregnant Bos taurus beef (n = 23) were exposed a pre-synchronization step followed by 7-d CO-Synch estrus synchronization protocol. On days -10, -3, 0 (exogenously induced ovulation), 7 and 14, transrectal ultrasonography performed ovarian structures, ensure synchrony, deter...

An 18-year-old multiparous Thoroughbred mare with a 2-month-old foal at foot presented for investigation of colic. A right dorsal displacement the large colon retroflexion pelvic flexure was corrected under general anaesthesia and interventional recovery using head tail ropes performed. The made multiple attempts to stand, support before achieving maintaining standing position. following day, m...

PURPOSE To assess the diagnostic value of an initial 24-sample transrectal ultrasound guided (TRUS) prostate biopsy protocol compared to the 10-core technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the prostate biopsy database of consecutive men undergoing prostate biopsies under local anesthesia by using the 10 (Group A) and 24 (Group B) protocols. Men were stratified according t...

Eighteen cyclic Shiba goats were used in this study. Estrus was synchronized with a single injection of 125 microg of a synthetic analogue of prostaglandin F(2)alpha (PGF(2)alpha) after detection of at least one corpus luteum by B-mode ultrasonography. Blood samples were collected from each animal on days 0, 7 and 21 post-mating for progesterone assay. Animals in estrus were either allowed to b...

Prostate biopsy is the only examination that enables urologists to diagnose prostate cancer. It consists in taking off samples of the gland using a biopsy needle that slides in a needle-guide rigidly attached to a transrectal ultrasound probe. In clinical routine twelve systematic biopsies are distributed in the prostate volume and additional targeted samples can be taken in a given zone of int...