Transperineal prostate biopsy without routine antibiotics demonstrates decreased infection risk
In a single institution series, patients undergoing transperineal biopsy had fewer infectious complications compared to those undergoing transrectal biopsy. Despite only a small percentage of patients receiving perioperative antibiotics and a majority of patients not receiving a bowel preparation in the transperineal group, there were zero infectious complications or 30-day readmissions. With greater infectious complications with transrectal biopsy and growing antibiotic resistance, we underline the safety of transperineal prostate biopsy which can largely be done without perioperative antibiotics or a bowel preparation.
Authors
- Saum Ghodoussipour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8901-0210)
- Austin L. Chien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9463-5944)
- John Pfail (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0856-3348)
- Mann Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0193-6102)
- Thomas L. Jang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5886-3835)
- David Golombos
- Alexis Consalvo
- Sammy Elsamra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3199-9091)
- Labeeqa Khizir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3962-3697)
- Benjamin Lichtbroun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9376-7961)
- Vignesh T. Packiam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8397-7797)
- Arnav Srivastava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9772-1415)
- Kevin Chua
- M. Said
- Rachel Passarelli
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Johnson University (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Journal of Urology
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.32604/cju.2025.064701
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- National Cancer Institute