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Infection risk reduction with povidone-iodine rectal disinfection prior to transrectal prostate biopsy: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ichiro TsuboiAkihiro MatsukawaMehdi Kardoust PariziJakob KlemmStefano ManconSever ChiujdeaTamás FazekasEkaterina LaukhtinaTatsushi KawadaSatoshi KatayamaTakehiro IwataKensuke BekkuKoichiro WadaMotoo ArakiShahrokh F Shariat
Published in: World journal of urology (2024)
Rectal disinfection with PI significantly reduces the rates of infectious complications and fever in patients undergoing TRUS-PB. However, this approach does not show a significant impact on reducing the rate of sepsis following the procedure.
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