Postradical prostatectomy TRUS-guided anastomotic biopsy. Where do we stand today?
The issue of performing tissue sampling from the vesicourethral anastomotic area postradical prostatectomy (transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy) after radical surgical treatment of local disease has failed, still remains controversial. We review a selection of articles that evaluate this procedure as well as newer diagnostic modalities and we discuss how this technique may have a position in our treatment dilemmas in cases with biochemical failure of undetermined origin.
Department of Urology, Athens General Hospital G. Gennimatas, Athens, Greece.
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D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography