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[Endorectal ultrasound of the prostate]
1Departamento de Radiología, Complejo Hospitalario Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Caja de Seguro Social.
Revista Medica De Panama
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
The authors present their results in a group of 112 patients studied by transrectal ultrasound and prostate biopsies. The study was performed in Panama at the Urologic and Ultrasound Clinic of the Consultorios Médicos Paitilla in a period of 9 months. Histologic confirmation was obtained for all patients. 29 prostate cancers were diagnosed, 9 foci of dysplasia, 6 foci of inflammation and 68 benign prostatic hyperplasia. No serious complications were reported in this study. Some technical aspects of the procedure are presented.