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Are outpatient transperineal prostate biopsies without antibiotic prophylaxis equivalent to standard transrectal biopsies for patient safety and cancer detection rates?A retrospective cohort study in 222 patients

BACKGROUND: To describe our experience with outpatient transperineal biopsy (TPB) without antibiotics compared to transrectal biopsy (TRB) with antibiotics and bowel preparation. The literature elicits comparable cancer detection, time, and cost between the two. As antibiotic resistance increases, a...

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Autores principales: Islam, Majdee, Da Silva, Rodrigo Donalisio, Quach, Alan, Gustafson, Diedra, Nogueira, Leticia, Clark, Nathan, Kim, Fernando J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8380346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34419137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-021-00303-8