PURPOSE With the increased recognition of the capabilities of prostate multiparametric (mp) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), attempts are being made to incorporate MRI into routine prostate biopsies. In this study, we aimed to analyze the diagnostic yield via cognitive fusion, transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided, and in-bore MRI-guided biopsies in biopsy-naive patients with positive findings ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of noise-cancelling headphones with or without music on patient pain and anxiety associated with routine, office-based transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy in a prospective randomized study. METHODS Patients scheduled for prostate biopsy as a result of elevated prostate-specific antigen and/or abnormal digital rectal examination were prospectivel...

Prostate cancer screening currently consists of serum prostate-specific antigen and digital rectal examination, followed by transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy for diagnostic confirmation. Although the current paradigm of prostate cancer screening has led to a decrease in advanced disease and cancer-related mortality, these techniques have limitations in terms of sensitivity and specificity, r...

Due to recent improvements in the diagnosis of prostatic diseases pathologists are confronted with an increase in prostatic specimens as well as an increase in the spectrum of prostatic diseases that have to be differentiated. In the past few years, various diagnostic methods have been added to the clinical routine: determination of serum prostate specific antigen (PSA), transrectal ultrasound ...

Background. Currently, about 80 % of men with low-grade prostate cancer (per ISUP 1 (International Society Urological Pathology)) have indications for radical treatment. Overdiagnosis is associated the use systematic biopsy methods (standard transrectal, saturation) under ultrasound control diagnosis verification. To improve diagnosis, European Association Urology (2019) recommended multiparame...

O. J. Ginther stated: “gray-scale diagnostic ultrasonography is the most profound technological advance in the field of large animal research and clinical reproduction since the introduction of transrectal palpation and radioimmunoassay of circulating hormones.” (Ginther, 1986). It is hard to imagine that many discoveries and procedures related to ovarian, uterine and fetal function that we use...

Synovial sarcoma (SS) primarily occurs in the para-articular soft tissue of the lower extremities in young adults and it is extremely rare in the prostatic region. We report a case of a 46-year-old man who presented with urinary retention. Pelvic ultrasound (US) examination, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated an 8.5 cm mass that appeared to originate in ...

Prostate biopsy is typically performed via either the transrectal or transperineal approach. MRI-targeted biopsy, whether using any of the three options of cognitive fusion, MRI-ultrasound fusion software, or in-bore MRI-guided biopsy, can also be performed via either transrectal or transperineal approaches. As an extension of traditional random prostate biopsy, the transrectal approach is far ...

BACKGROUND Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate needle biopsies are performed to diagnose prostate cancer. This study prospectively evaluated the safety, morbidity and complication rates with two different ultrasound probes. PATIENTS AND METHODS Three huntred and thirty-two patients were biopsied using a biplane 7.5 MHz probe (GE Medical Systems Kretz Ultrasound, Zipf, Austria) and 101 pati...

PURPOSE This study investigates the distortion of geometry of catheters and anatomy in acquired U/S images, caused by utilizing various stand-off materials for covering a transrectal bi-planar ultrasound probe in HDR and LDR prostate brachytherapy, biopsy and other interventional procedures. Furthermore, an evaluation of currently established water-bath based quality assurance (QA) procedures i...