Transperineal Is the Way To Go

Adrian Pilatz; Fabian Stangl; Jennifer Kranz; Gernot Bonkat; Rajan Veeratterapillay

doi:10.1016/j.euf.2024.06.010

Transperineal Is the Way To Go

Eur Urol Focus. 2024 Sep;10(5):691-693. doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2024.06.010. Epub 2024 Jul 6.

Authors

Adrian Pilatz¹, Fabian Stangl², Jennifer Kranz³, Gernot Bonkat⁴, Rajan Veeratterapillay⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Pediatric Urology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany. Electronic address: adrian.pilatz@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de.
² Department of Urology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
³ Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University Medical Center RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany; Department of Urology and Kidney Transplantation, Martin-Luther University, Halle, Germany.
⁴ alta uro AG, Merian Iselin Klinik, Center of Biomechanics & Calorimetry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁵ Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

PMID: 38972794
DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2024.06.010

Abstract

The evidence available shows that transperineal prostate biopsy is significantly superior to transrectal biopsy in terms of infectious complications and is therefore recommended as the first choice in the European Association of Urology guidelines.

MeSH terms

Biopsy / methods
Humans
Male
Perineum*
Prostate* / pathology
Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology