Does combined anesthesia aimed at addressing the two sources of pain associated with transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy provide ... fibers at the time of needle insertion into the ...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) is currently performed on a routine basis at many endoscopic centers and it is evident that this procedure has a major impact ...

All repeat biopsies used a transrectal ultrasound-guided 12-core protocol, in which six biopsy cores were obtained from the periphery of the prostate (directed bilaterally at the base, mid-zone ...

A new international study has shown that a new imaging method called micro-ultrasound (microUS) is just as effective as MRI ...

A trial found no meaningful difference in detection of clinically significantly prostate ... biopsy and combined microultrasonography/MRI biopsy were noninferior to conventional MRI-ultrasound ...

A prostate biopsy procedure is when a doctor, often a urologist, inserts a long needle into the prostate ... lay down on their side and we insert an ultrasound probe into the rectum in order ...

Earlier this week, researchers presented data from the OPTIMUM (Optimization of Prostate Biopsy – Micro-Ultrasound Versus MRI) trial at the European Association of Urology Congress in Madrid, Spain.

OPTIMUM is the first randomized trial to compare micro-ultrasound (microUS) guided biopsy with MRI-guided biopsy for prostate cancer. It involves 677 men who underwent biopsy at 19 hospitals ...

Share on Bluesky. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Local anesthetic transperineal (LATP) biopsy for prostate ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.

In addition certain renal diseases require a biopsy for diagnosis. Laparoscopy has provided an ideal way to manage these problems. No large incisions are required; direct visualization of the cyst and ...