Transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy performed by supervised junior and senior residents is safe and does not result in inferior outcomes

CONCLUSIONS: TRUSBx performed by residents and attending physicians yielded equivalent rates of cancer detection with no significant difference in 30-day complications or 30-day hospitalizations rates. There was no difference in outcomes between junior and senior residents suggesting that with adequate faculty supervision, it is safe for trainees at all levels to perform prostate biopsies.PMID:33816703 | PMC:PMC8012825

Source: Clinical Prostate Cancer - April 5, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Jesse F Wang Margaret A Knoedler Kimberly A Maciolek Natasza M Posielski Vania Lopez Wade A Bushman Sara L Best Dan R Gralnek Kyle A Richards Source Type: research