Current methods of analgesia for transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy-A systematic review

BJU International

Volumn 113, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2014, Pages 48-56

  Lee, Chanyang ^a   Woo, Henry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Pain management; Prostate biopsy; Prostate cancer; Transrectal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DICLOFENAC; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHOXYFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; OPIATE; PENTHROX; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GEL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; REVIEW; SUPPOSITORY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BIOPSY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE TUMOR; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESIA; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND;

ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BIOPSY; DICLOFENAC; GELS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROPOFOL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SUPPOSITORIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84905406447     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12433     Document Type: Review

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