The comparison of the influence between two different bowel preparation methods on sepsis after prostate biopsies


Yildirim M. E., Badem H., Cavis M., Karatas O. F., Cimentepe E., ÜNAL D., ...More

CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, vol.68, no.1, pp.91-94, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier

Abstract

Introduction Transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) guided prostate needle biopsy has been performed to diagnose and stage prostate cancer for many years. There are many different bowel preparation protocols to diminish the infectious complications, but there is no standardized consensus among urologists. Therefore, we aimed to assess two different bowel preparation methods on the rate of infectious complications in patients who underwent TRUS-guided prostate biopsy.