Keywords:
Oncology, Interventional non-vascular, Urinary Tract / Bladder, Ultrasound, Ultrasound-Colour Doppler, Ultrasound-Power Doppler, Biopsy, Puncture, Diagnostic procedure, Cancer, Neoplasia, Pathology
Authors:
A. Hambardzumyan; Yerevan/AM
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-0494
Aims and objectives
Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy favored in the early diagnosis of prostate cancer [1-3].
Different complications occur after prostate transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy including infectious complications,
such as pyuria,
bacteriuria,
and fever; hemorrhagic complications including hematuria; relatively minor complications such as vasovagal syncope due to the pain of biopsy; and significant complications,
such as structural damage to surrounding anatomical structures and infectious septicemia,
can occur [4,5].
Prospectively studied complication rates on the basis of the difference in the number of biopsy cores (6-,
8-,
and 12-core methods) used on 1,000 patients and reported that the rectal bleeding incidence rate,
which was not included in our complication list,
was high for the 8- and 12-core biopsy methods compared with that for the 6-core biopsy [6,7].
The number of biopsy cores might be related to hemorrhagic complications,
although it had a low correlation with the increase or decrease of infectious complications.
Our primary goal was to analyze the effectiveness and the safety of transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.