Initial pain score during viscous lidocaine instillation and clinical characteristics as predictors of overall pain in fusion prostate biopsy
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Authors
- Soum D. Lokeshwar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5260-766X)
- Lindsey T Webb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5003-7049)
- Ankur Choksi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8174-3698)
- Gabriela M. Diaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7931-252X)
- Michael Leapman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0727-7614)
- Preston C. Sprenkle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0502-9294)
Institutions
- Yale New Haven Hospital (US)
- Yale University (US)
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System (US)
- UConn Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Biological Methods
- Published
- 2025-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14440/jbm.0230
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00