Pelvic plexus block to provide better anesthesia in transperineal template-guided prostate biopsy: a randomised controlled trial.

Background: To evaluate the efficacy of pelvic plexus block (PPB) in relief pain during transperineal template-guided prostate biopsy (TTPB), compared with conventional periprostatic nerve block (PNB).

Methods: From July 2016 to August 2017, 245 patients who were performed TTPB in Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University were recruited. The patients were randomized into three groups using a random number table.

Permanent I prostate brachytherapy for castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical significance of permanent I prostate brachytherapy in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Methods: A retrospective study of 45 patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer from the Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China was carried out. Patients were divided into two groups according to different treatments: 21 patients received endocrine therapy alone (control group), and 24 patients underwent brachytherapy combined with endocrine therapy (treatment group).

Effect of prostate volume on the peripheral nerve block anesthesia in the prostate biopsy: A strobe-compliant study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the anesthetic efficacy of periprostatic nerve block (PNB) in transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided biopsy on different prostate volume.

Methods: A total of 568 patients received prostate biopsy in our hospital from May 2013 to September 2015 and were retrospectively studied. All patients were divided into local anesthesia group (LAG) and nerve block group (NBG).