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SUBMITTER: Kim DK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6517998 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Do Kyung DK Hah Yoon Soo YS Kim Jong Won JW Koo Kyo Chul KC Lee Kwang Suk KS Hong Chang Hee CH Chung Byung Ha BH Cho Kang Su KS
Journal of clinical medicine 20190424 4
We evaluated whether pelvic plexus block (PPB) is superior to periprostatic nerve block (PNB) for pain control during transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy (PBx). A prospective, double-blind, randomized, controlled study was performed at a single center; 46 patients were enrolled and randomly allocated into two groups: PPB (n = 23) and PNB (n = 23). The visual analogue scale (VAS) was used; pain scores were measured four times: during local anesthesia, probe insertion, sampli ...[more]