[HTML][HTML] “TREXIT 2020”: why the time to abandon transrectal prostate biopsy starts now

J Grummet, MA Gorin, R Popert, T O'Brien… - Prostate cancer and …, 2020 - nature.com
In 1847, 20 years before germ theory was popularised by Louis Pasteur, the Hungarian
physician Ignaz Semmelweis famously reduced maternal mortality from post-partum sepsis …

Infection rate after transperineal prostate biopsy with and without prophylactic antibiotics: results from a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies

D Castellani, GM Pirola, YXT Law… - The Journal of …, 2022 - auajournals.org
Purpose: We performed a systematic review comparing the incidence of infectious
complications following transperineal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy (TPB) in cases …

[HTML][HTML] Applying machine learning to consumer wearable data for the early detection of complications after pediatric appendectomy

HMK Ghomrawi, MK O'Brien, M Carter… - NPJ Digital …, 2023 - nature.com
When children are discharged from the hospital after surgery, their caregivers often rely on
subjective assessments (eg, appetite, fatigue) to monitor postoperative recovery as objective …

Transperineal prostate biopsy with cognitive magnetic resonance imaging/biplanar ultrasound fusion: description of technique and early results

MA Gorin, AR Meyer, M Zimmerman, R Harb… - World journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Objective To describe our technique and early results performing transperineal prostate
biopsy using cognitive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/biplanar ultrasound fusion. Key …

Rate and characteristics of infection after transrectal prostate biopsy: a retrospective observational study

A Forsvall, H Jönsson, M Wagenius… - … Journal of Urology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of infection after transrectal
prostate biopsy (TRbx). Secondary objectives were to describe infection characteristics …

“Free-Hand” transperineal prostate biopsy under local anesthesia: review of the literature

RJ Szabo - Journal of Endourology, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Background: The recent plethora of reports of “free-hand” transperineal prostate biopsy (fTP-
Bx) under local anesthesia (LA) demonstrate that many centers consider this technique to be …

Infectious complications of prostate biopsy: winning battles but not war

O Derin, L Fonseca, R Sanchez-Salas… - World Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Prostate biopsy is a standard tool for diagnosing prostate cancer, with more
than 4 million procedures performed worldwide each year. Infectious complications and …

Evaluating the learning curve for in-office freehand cognitive fusion transperineal prostate biopsy

S Gereta, M Hung, MK Alexanderani, BD Robinson… - Urology, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To define the learning curve of the in-office, freehand MRI-ultrasound cognitive
fusion transperineal prostate biopsy (CTPB) by assessing cancer detection, biopsy core …

Prostate mapping for cancer diagnosis: the Madrid protocol. Transperineal prostate biopsies using multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging fusion and micro …

ME Rodríguez Socarrás, J Gomez Rivas… - The Journal of …, 2020 - auajournals.org
Purpose: We assessed the prostate cancer detection accuracy of transperineal prostate
biopsy using multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging/ultrasound fusion targeted …

Transrectal Ultrasound in Prostate Cancer: Current Utilization, Integration with mpMRI, HIFU and Other Emerging Applications

J Panzone, T Byler, G Bratslavsky… - Cancer Management …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) has been an invaluable tool in the assessment of prostate
size, anatomy and aiding in prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis for decades. Emerging …