Micro-ultrasound transperineal prostate biopsy as an alternative to MRI-US fusion transrectal biopsy
TPB required fewer cores to obtain a similar clinically significant prostate cancer detection rate when compared to TRB. TPB had fewer complications and a low upgrade rate. This suggests that cognitive fusion TPB using ExactVu is an excellent alternative to software fusion TRB.
Authors
- Martin Gleave (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4235-0167)
- Anna J. Black (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4305-766X)
- Ahmad Almarzouq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4418-8271)
- Miles Mannas
- Quentin Michalchuk
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Al-Sabah Hospital (KW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Urological Association Journal
- Published
- 2025-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.9323
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00