Introduction: Prostate biopsy (PB) is a routine procedure performed by urologists in cases of suspected prostate cancer, any abnormality the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) assay, and/or perceived digital rectal exam. Although this safe and rapid procedure, it not without potentially serious complications, including infectious complications ranging from asymptomatic bacteriuria to acute prostat...

Background  Multiple procedures (Lumbar puncture and bone marrow aspiration /biopsy) cause pain, stress, depression and etc for the patients and their families. Various methods have been recommended for pain reduction during invasive procedures. The aim of this study is to report the complications following general anesthesia. Methods In this prospective observational study, two hundred and ...

Objective — to study the possible complications that arise when using invasive methods for diagnosis of pulmonary dissemination syndrome, develop measures aimed at their prevention and treatment.
 Materials methods. Data from 216 patients who used diagnose syndrome were analyzed. Patients divided into 3 groups, depending on type biopsy: Group I 143 underwent VATS lung biopsy, II 64 endobro...

Gallbladder percutaneous tissue sampling is a not-so-common technique in cytohistological diagnosis of gallbladder or masses, which can be useful cases surgically unresectable disease and unfeasible endoscopic assessment to address the most adequate chemotherapy course. Nonetheless, great utility patient’s diagnostic therapeutic work-up. This article summarizes literature evidence on biopsy tec...