The acceptability of transrectal ultrasound guided prostatic biopsy without anaesthesia

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1090, 1999, Pages 231-232

  Westenberg, A M ^a,b   Cossar, E H ^a   Lorimer, L B ^a   Costello, J P ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PROSTATE BIOPSY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033603404     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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