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Simplified treatment of massive rectal bleeding following prostate needle biopsy
Author(s) -
GONEN MURAT,
RESIM SEFA
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00840.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rectum , prostate , biopsy , prostate biopsy , surgery , rectal examination , rectal administration , radiology , cancer
Rectal bleeding is frequently seen in patients undergoing transrectal ultrasound‐guided prostate biopsy, but it usually stops spontaneously. We report a case of life‐threatening rectal bleeding following this procedure. Bleeding was controlled using an ordinary condom, which was successfully inflated in the rectum over the bleeding site.