Effect of Prolonged Duration of Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy of the Prostate and Pre-Procedure Anxiety on Pain in Patients without Anesthesia.
Yasushi NakaiNobumichi TanakaToshihiko MatsubaraSatoshi AnaiMakito MiyakeShunta HoriTomomi FujiiChiho OhbayashiKiyohide FujimotoPublished in: Research and reports in urology (2021)
A long operative time during the TR-PBx procedure and strong pre-procedure anxiety can increase pain for patients undergoing the procedure without anesthesia and cause patients to be unwilling to undergo TR-PBx again without anesthesia.