Transrectal prostate biopsy (PB) is the standard procedure for diagnosing prostate cancer. Up to 1989 it was done with digital image guidance or transperineally (usually under general anesthesia). These techniques were replaced by transrectal sextant biopsy, which was introduced by Hodge, and has ...
Staging Prostate Cancer While the grade tells you how fast your cancer is growing, the stage lets you know how advanced the cancer is. Most doctors use the TNM staging system. It uses a number system to show how big the tumor is and how far the cancer has spread. TNM System T (Tumor...
The risk assessment tool helps determine whether a prostate biopsy is necessary when PSA screening is ambiguous.
For a urological evaluation of such complaints in men, the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) is used worldwide. Previous quantitative studies have revealed serious problems in completing this questionnaire. In order to gain insight into the nature and causes of these problems, we conducted...
Acute bacterial prostatitis after transrectal prostate needle biopsy: clinical analysis. THE RATE OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS FOLLOWING TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED BIOPSY OF PROSTATE IN BABOL, NORTHERN IRAN The attractiveness of MRI is the potential to reduce the need for prostate needle biopsy, which ...
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What is the REM seminogram? Another test that can be done as a complement to the seminogram is themotile sperm countor REM. If done, we would speak ofseminogram or REM spermiogram. The seminogramREMconsists of the separation of spermatozoa based on their mobility. To obtain the motile ...
“The MRI/ultrasound-guided transperineal approach allows easy access to anterior prostate tumors,” says Marc A. Bjurlin, DO, MSc, FACOS, in this video. In this interview,Marc A. Bjurlin, DO, MSc, FACOS,describes the ways in which MRI-guided biopsies can be performed. Bjurlin is an...
The procedure has to be standardised following a protocol to avoid incomplete resections. The trainee should start his TUR experience on middle sized prostates and once the first skills have been acquired he can start to resect bladder tumours in so called “safe areas”. The last step is ...
Former U.S. Army Capt. Aaron Munz is the director of the Veterans Department at The Mesothelioma Center, and he is a VA-accredited Claims Agent. He received the Bronze Star in 2004 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Munz has intimate knowledge of how veterans were exposed to asbestos because he...