Transperineal versus transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy in detection of clinically significant and insignificant prostate cancer:A prospective randomized controlled trial
Objective:To compare transperineal prostate biopsy(TPB)with transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy(TRUSB)in detection of clinically significant prostate cancer(csPCa)and insignificant PCa(insPCa).Methods:We conducted a prospective randomized clinical study on 279 patients receiving TPB(n=144)or TRUSB(n=135)from January 2022 to January 2023,and compared the detection rates of csPCa and insPCa between the two groups.Results:The detection rate of PCa was signifi-cantly higher in the TPB than in the TRUSB group(37.50%vs 28.15%,P=0.026).There were no statistically significant differ-ences between the TPB and TRUSB groups in the detection rates of insPCa(6.94%[n=10]vs 4.45%[n=6],P>0.05)and csPCa(30.56%[n=44]vs 23.70%[n=32],P>0.05),nor in the detection rate of csPCa between different groups of age,PSA concentration and prostate volume(P>0.05).No statistically significant differences were observed between the TPB and TRUSB groups either in the positive rate of biopsy punctures([16.44±2.86]%vs[12.48±2.39]%,P>0.05)or in the bi-opsy-related complications of urinary retention,urinary tract infection,hematuria and rectal bleeding(P>0.05).Conclusion:TPB is more effective than TRUSB in detection of PCa,but there is no statistically significant difference between the two approaches in the detection rates of csPCa and insPCa.
ultrasoundprostate biopsyclinically significant prostate cancerclinically insignificant prostate cancer