Transrectal prostatic biopsy.
Transrectal prostatic biopsy specimens were taken from 218 patients with prostatic symptoms-138 by the Franzen aspiration technique without anaesthesia as outpatients and 80 by the Silverman technique under general anaesthesia. A reliable diagnosis was obtained in 82% of the former and 95% of the latter.
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D009339:Needles; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012007:Rectum