Open AccessIs periprostatic nerve block a gold standard in case of transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy?
Author(s) -
Ashok Kumar,
Mahavir Singh Griwan,
Santosh Kumar Singh,
Jyotsna Sen,
DS Pawar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.115732
Subject(s) - medicine , gold standard (test) , nerve sparing , nerve block , biopsy , prostate , urology , radiology , ultrasound , prostatectomy , cancer
Controversy exists over the pain during prostate biopsy. Periprostatic nerve block (PNB) is a gold standard anesthetic technique during transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy. Recent studies showed that PNB alone is insufficient as analgesic. We compared the efficacy of tramadol and intraprostatic nerve block (INB) in addition to PNB.