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[Evaluation of prostatic specific antigen after a digital rectal examination: experience with 36 patients]
P Pastor1, A Giacaman, P Rivera
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital Regional Temuco, Chile.
Revista Medica De Chile
|August 1, 1994
Abstract:
Levels of prostatic specific antigen may be modified with procedures over the prostatic gland. We measured this antigen in 36 hospitalized patients before and immediately after a digital rectal examination. Antigen levels were 8.3 +/- 21.3 ng/ml before and 13.8 +/- 27.5 ng/ml after the examination (NS). It is concluded that digital rectal examination did not modify antigen levels in our sample.