Is zero sepsis alone enough to justify transperineal prostate biopsy?

BJU Int

Division of Cancer Surgery, University of Melbourne, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre, Epworth Richmond Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Published: July 2014

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