Abstract
Prostate biopsy is one of the most common ambulatory urological procedures with more than 4000 performed daily in Europe and the USA. The European Association of Urologists (EAU) strongly recommended that transperineal prostate biopsy is used rather than transrectal biopsy due to the lower risk of infectious complications. 1 Mottet N van den Bergh RCN Briers E et al. EAU-EANM-ESTRO-ESUR-SIOG guidelines on prostate cancer-2020 update. Part 1: screening, diagnosis, and local treatment with curative intent. Eur Urol. 2021; 79: 243-262https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2020.09.042 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (931) Google Scholar However, despite clear evidence of the superiority of transperineal biopsy in terms of infectious complications, the majority of urologists remain more familiar with the transrectal biopsy.
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