Tolerancia y complicaciones de las biopsias prostáticas ecodirigidas mediante el uso del un gel intrarectal con lidocaína

In our experience, transrectal ultrasound guided prostatic biopsy is generally well tolerated with intrarectal gel as the only anesthesia. Nevertheless, the number of cores taken per biopsy has been the factor associated with pain, and if the number of biopsy cores increases additional anesthesia should be considered.