Assessment of associated pain and complications in TRUS guided prostate biopsy in patients with and without local anesthesia

摘要

Abstract Objective: To asses the safety, efficacy and complications of peri prostatic lignocain injection in trans rectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided biopsy of the prostate gland. Material and method: One hundred and ten male patients were selected for TRUS guided prostate biopsy. They were randomizely divided in to two equal groups i.e. 55 in group 1 and 55 in group 2. In group 1 local anesthesia (LA), 1% lignocain was injected in the peri-prostatic area and in group 2 the procedure was performed .