Biopsy of the prostate guided by transrectal ultrasound: Relation between warfarin use and incidence of bleeding complications

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 459-463

  Ihezue, C U ^a   Smart, J ^a   Dewbury, Keith C ^a   Mehta, R ^a   Burgess, L ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Haematospermia; Haematuria; Prostate; Rectal bleeding; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEMATURIA; HEMOSPERMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINE RETENTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; BIOPSY; BLOOD; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SEMEN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WARFARIN;

EID: 14844366578     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.10.014     Document Type: Article

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