Despite high rates of disease misclassification and sepsis, the use of transrectal biopsy remains commonplace. Transperineal mapping biopsies mitigate these problems but carry increased cost and ...

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the incidence, predisposing factors, and time-course of epididymitis after transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) needle biopsy of the prostate gland. METHODS: A total of 739 ...

a transrectal biopsy and a transperineal biopsy. The urologist carrying out this procedure passes a hollow biopsy needle through the wall of the rectum into your prostate to collect a tissue sample.

The primary technique for diagnosing and monitoring prostate cancer, a transrectal biopsy, entails removing tissue from the prostate gland by inserting a thin needle through the rectal wall.