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ReviewUrologie (Heidelberg, Germany)2023

[Transrectal vs. transperineal fusion biopsy of the prostate : Time to switch to the perineal technique-comparison of methods and description of the transperineal procedure under local anesthesia].

Paulo Leonardo Pfitzinger, Benazir Enzinger, Benedikt Ebner, Troya Ivanova, Yannic Volz, Michael Chaloupka, Maria Apfelbeck, Christian Stief

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Review in Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Povidone-iodine for transrectal prostate biopsy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
    Article
  2. [Perineal prostate biopsy].Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Paulo Leonardo PfitzingerUrologische Klinik und Poliklinik, LMU Klinikum, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland. paulo.pfitzinger@med.uni-muenchen.de.
Benazir EnzingerUrologische Klinik und Poliklinik, LMU Klinikum, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland.
Benedikt EbnerUrologische Klinik und Poliklinik, LMU Klinikum, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland.
Troya IvanovaUrologische Klinik und Poliklinik, LMU Klinikum, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland.
Yannic VolzUrologische Klinik und Poliklinik, LMU Klinikum, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland.
Michael ChaloupkaUrologische Klinik und Poliklinik, LMU Klinikum, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland.
Maria ApfelbeckUrologische Klinik und Poliklinik, LMU Klinikum, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland.
Christian StiefUrologische Klinik und Poliklinik, LMU Klinikum, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland.
LMU Klinikum · DELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The clinical and histological diagnosis of prostate cancer is a crucial aspect of the routine work of a urologist. The high prevalence of multiresistant microorganisms leads to an increased incidence of sepsis after transrectal prostate biopsy. It requires a switch from the still gold-standard method to the transperineal fusion biopsy procedure after multiparametric prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This article provides an overview of the most important differences between the two methods and gives a detailed methodological description of transperineal fusion biopsy under local anesthesia.

Indexed as

ProstateProstatic NeoplasmsAnesthesia, LocalHumansImage-Guided BiopsyMaleUltrasonography, InterventionalFusion biopsyLocal anestheticsMagnetic resonance imagingPerinealProstate cancer

Identifiers

PMID36930234
OpenAlexW4327675505

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