Open AccessUse of transrectal ultrasound in the management of urologic diseases in a tertiary hospital in North-Western Nigeria
Author(s) -
Abubakar Sadiq Muhammad,
Abdullahi Abdulwahab-Ahmed,
Ngwobia Peter Agwu,
Garba Haruna Yunusa,
Abdullahi Khalid,
Ismaila Arzika Mungadi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_131_18
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate , prostate cancer , prostate biopsy , biopsy , urology , azoospermia , gynecology , radiology , cancer , infertility , pregnancy , genetics , biology
Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided biopsy of the prostate is considered as a standard of care for diagnosis of prostate cancer. The objective of this study was to document our experience in the use of TRUS in the management of urologic diseases in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto.