Transrectal or transvaginal ultrasoundguided biopsy for pelvic masses: external validation and usefulness in oncologic patients

• Published in: Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 149 - 155
• Main Authors: Won, So Yeon, Kim, Hyun-Soo, Park, Sung Yoon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 01.04.2019; 대한초음파의학회
• Subjects: Accuracy; Biopsy; Bladder cancer; Cancer therapies; Colorectal cancer; Magnetic resonance imaging; Melanoma; Original; Patients; Pelvis; Prostate cancer; Tomography; Transrectal; Transvaginal; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasound; Uterus; Vagina; 방사선과학; United States > US; Transvaginal; Pelvis; Biopsy; Ultrasound; Transrectal

The purpose of this study was to externally validate the diagnostic usefulness of transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) or transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS)-guided biopsy for pelvic masses, and to analyze the diagnostic performance of these methods in oncologic patients. A consecutive series of 30 patients who...