title: Prostate biopsy in patients after proctectomy.
abstract: Until the discovery of prostate specific antigen as a tool to detect prostate carcinoma, the rectum has always been necessary to allow the best evaluation and biopsy of the prostate, whether by digital examination or transrectal ultrasound. We describe a simple, accurate, computerized tomography-guided method to biopsy the prostate in men who have undergone proctectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, State University of New York, Veterans Administration Medical Center, University Hospital, Syracuse.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Krauss
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Nsouli
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mortek
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed