Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes
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Review Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Tolerance of local anesthetic for transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy: our experience and a literature review.
To determine whether local anesthetic injection or gel reduced pain during transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsies and whether there was significant difference between quadrant and apex-only anesthesia. ⋯ There was significant pain reduction with local anesthetic injections but not with gel, and since there was no significant difference in efficacy between quadrant and apex-only injections, we recommend apex-only local anesthetic injections for transrectal ultrasound--guided prostate biopsies because it simplifies the injection procedure.