Pain Perception During Transperineal and Transrectal Prostate Biopsy Under Local An-esthesia: a Prospective Analysis of a Multi-ethnic and Diverse Cohort.
PBx under LA alone are generally well tolerated; however, there is a subset of patients who experience more pain, including Black and Latino, younger patients, and those with more MRI suspicious lesions. Discussion of these pain risk factors is important for patients when choosing to have a biopsy performed under LA versus sedation.
Authors
- Yuta Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0809-895X)
- André L. T. Abreu
- Pierre Halteh
- Sij Hemal
- Masatomo Kaneko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1205-807X)
- Anne Schuckman
- Eric Kau
- Hooman Djaladat
- L. Navarro
- Lorenzo Storino Ramacciotti
- Monish Aron
- Manju Aron
- Kevin Joseph Chua
- Jie Cai
- Mihir Desai
- Inderbir S Gill
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2025.0512
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00