title: Complications of ultrasound-guided transperineal prostate biopsy. A prospective study.
abstract: A prospective study of the complications of transperineal prostate biopsy was undertaken in 171 patients; 150 (88%) returned a questionnaire 1 week after biopsy. The incidence of serious complications was low, with 1 patient requiring admission for presumed septicaemia and another developing acute retention of urine. Many patients had minor complications, with 42% having haematuria, 13% haemospermia and 31% pain. Only 18% needed analgesia following biopsy. Since transperineal prostate biopsy has such a low incidence of infective complications, we suggest that it should be considered in frail or elderly patients in whom septicaemia may be especially hazardous.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shanmuganathan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McLean
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011467:Prostate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional