Povidone-iodine for transrectal prostate biopsy
Onuralp Ergun1,2, Evelyn W Arden3, Bowen Yao1
1Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
|November 3, 2025
Abstract
Objectives:
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of rectal cleansing with PVP-I versus no cleansing with PVP-I in people undergoing TRUSP.
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