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Hi doctors, can you tell me what is involved in a prostate biopsy?

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Dr. James Lin answered

Here are...: Bowel prep to keep rectum empty so to avoid sound transmission; take antibiotics timely; do urinalysis to make sure of no active UTI; insert ultrasound probe through anus into rectum while hip in full flexsion (usually in lateral position); Doc will visualize the shape and texture of prostate tissue to selectively or randomly obtain small piece of tissue (1 x 20 mm) with special needle under aneth

Answered 5/13/2014

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