Effect of periprostatic nerve blockade before transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy on patient comfort: A randomized placebo controlled study

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 148-151

  Inal, Gurdal ^a   Yazici, Sertac ^a   Adsan, Oztug ^a,b   Ozturk, Bulent ^a   Kosan, Murat ^a   Cetinkaya, Mesut ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Biopsy; Pain; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PROSTATE;

EID: 1942539072     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2003.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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