Infection rates of trans-perineal versus trans-rectal prostate biopsy: A Middle Eastern tertiary center experience—Time for a change?
TP prostate biopsy carries a lower risk of infectious complications and requires no antibiotic prophylaxis compared to TRUS biopsy of the prostate. These results advocate the superiority of the use of TP biopsy over TRUS biopsy.
Authors
- Oussama G. Nasrallah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6061-6040)
- Mohammad W. Fawaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5353-1011)
- Mohammad El Mir
- Raja B. Khauli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9985-5372)
- Riad Khouzami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4052-1974)
- Bassel G. Bachir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0825-6006)
- Muhammad Bulbul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8588-9472)
- Albert El Hajj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0043-7195)
- Rami W. Nasr
- Wassim Wazzan
- Maya T. Herrera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6825-5005)
- Mohammad Watfa
- Hisham Mukaddem
Institutions
- American University of Beirut Medical Center (LB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Arab Journal of Urology
- Published
- 2025-05-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/20905998.2025.2510123
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00