Review
Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases (2004) 7, 302–310. doi:10.1038/sj.pcan.4500735 Published online 27 July 2004
Postradical prostatectomy TRUS-guided anastomotic biopsy. Where do we stand today?
T Anagnostou1, K Doumas1, M Remzi2 and B Djavan2
- 1Department of Urology, Athens General Hospital 'G. Gennimatas', Athens, Greece
- 2Department of Urology, University of Vienna, Austria
Correspondence: B Djavan, Department of Urology, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria. E-mail: bdjavan@hotmail.com
Received 15 May 2003; Revised 13 November 2003; Accepted 27 April 2004; Published online 27 July 2004.
Abstract
The issue of performing tissue sampling from the vesicourethral anastomotic area postradical prostatectomy (transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy) after radical surgical treatment of local disease has failed, still remains controversial. We review a selection of articles that evaluate this procedure as well as newer diagnostic modalities and we discuss how this technique may have a position in our treatment dilemmas in cases with biochemical failure of undetermined origin.
Keywords:
transrectal ultrasound, vesicourethral, urethrovesical, anastomosis, radical prostatectomy, appearance, biopsy pathology
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