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
Methods and materials
The retrospective study of 347 patients underwent prostate transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy done by radiologist passed fellowship in the same area.
Each patient received prophylactic antibiotics of 200-mg ciprofloxacin 1 hour before biopsy and later every 12 hours for five days after the biopsy.
The pre-biopsy enema done with saline solution 1 hour before the procedure in scheduled patients. An automated biopsy gun loaded in a spring-action automatic biopsy device was used with disposable 18-gauge needles following either the 6-core or more core biopsy method with a transrectal transducer under local anesthesia (Table 1).
To clarify the target in the prostate and
avoid vessels damages we used the whole spectrum of ultrasound grayscale criteria’s and Color Doppler and Power Doppler for detection of abnormal blood flow patterns or larger feeding vessels.
Different local and general complications that occur after transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy were analyzed.