THE PROCEDURE OF TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED BIOPSY OF THE PROSTATE: A SURVEY OF PATIENT PREPARATION AND BIOPSY TECHNIQUE

Campbell's urology

1986 • 3,494 citations

Random Systematic Versus Directed Ultrasound Guided Transrectal Core Biopsies of the Prostate

1989 • 1,607 citations

Prostate Specific Antigen Density: A Means of Distinguishing Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy and Prostate Cancer

1992 • 749 citations

The Use of Prostate Specific Antigen Density to Enhance the Predictive Value of Intermediate Levels of Serum Prostate Specific Antigen

1992 • 609 citations

THE OPTIMAL SYSTEMATIC PROSTATE BIOPSY SCHEME SHOULD INCLUDE 8 RATHER THAN 6 BIOPSIES: RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE CLINICAL TRIAL

2000 • 505 citations

The sextant protocol for ultrasound-guided core biopsies of the prostate underestimates the presence of cancer

1997 • 439 citations

RISKS AND COMPLICATIONS OF TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED PROSTATE NEEDLE BIOPSY: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

1998 • 410 citations

The Inability of Prostate Specific Antigen Index to Enhance the Predictive Value of Prostate Specific Antigen in the Diagnosis of Prostatic Carcinoma

1993 • 247 citations

Infections of the Urinary Tract

1936 • 246 citations

Patient tolerance of transrectal ultrasound‐guided biopsy of the prostate

1997 • 236 citations

PAIN AND MORBIDITY OF TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED PROSTATE BIOPSY: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF 6 VERSUS 12 CORES

2000 • 198 citations

BACTEREMIA AND BACTERIURIA AFTER TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED PROSTATE BIOPSY

2000 • 178 citations

Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Ultrasound Guided Transrectal Prostate Biopsy

1997 • 142 citations

Variability in patient preparation for prostate biopsy among American urologists

1998 • 136 citations

Value of systematic transition zone biopsies in the early detection of prostate cancer.

1996 • 129 citations

COMPARISON OF DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION AND BIOPSY RESULTS WITH THE RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY SPECIMEN

1999 • 111 citations

Indications for transition zone biopsy in the detection of prostatic carcinoma.

1997 • 92 citations

The Lack of Predictive Value of Prostate Specific Antigen Density in the Detection of Prostate Cancer in Patients with Normal Rectal Examinations and Intermediate Prostate Specific Antigen Levels

1995 • 56 citations

Efficacy of one dose fluoroquinolone before prostate biopsy

1998 • 54 citations

Periprostatic Local Anesthesia before Ultrasound–Guided Prostate Biopsy: An Update of the Miami Experience

2001 • 51 citations