A safe technique of finger-guided biopsy of the prostate

Prostatic biopsy is the gold standard of diagnosis of prostatic cancer. In the era of transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy of the prostate, finger-guided prostatic biopsy still has a role in underdeveloped and developing countries. We describe a safer technique of performing a finger-guided prostati...

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Autor principal: Darlington, C Danny
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
Materias:
Surgical Craft
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6639994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31367081
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/iju.IJU_95_19
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spelling pubmed-66399942019-07-31 A safe technique of finger-guided biopsy of the prostate Darlington, C Danny Indian J Urol Surgical Craft Prostatic biopsy is the gold standard of diagnosis of prostatic cancer. In the era of transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy of the prostate, finger-guided prostatic biopsy still has a role in underdeveloped and developing countries. We describe a safer technique of performing a finger-guided prostatic biopsy. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6639994/ /pubmed/31367081 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/iju.IJU_95_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Indian Journal of Urology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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