The Journal of Urology
Volume 183, Issue 3 , Pages 963-969 , March 2010

Increasing Hospital Admission Rates for Urological Complications After Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy

  • Robert K. Nam

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Division of Urology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave., Room MG-406, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5 (telephone: 416-480-5075; FAX: 416-480-6934)
    • Nothing to disclose.
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  • Refik Saskin

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Nothing to disclose.
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  • Yuna Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Nothing to disclose.
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  • Ying Liu

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Nothing to disclose.
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  • Calvin Law

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Nothing to disclose.
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  • Laurence H. Klotz

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Financial interest and/or other relationship with Abbott, AstraZeneca, Aventis, Merck and GSK.
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  • D. Andrew Loblaw

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Nothing to disclose.
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  • John Trachtenberg

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Nothing to disclose.
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  • Aleksandra Stanimirovic

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Nothing to disclose.
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  • Andrew E. Simor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Division of Infectious Diseases, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Nothing to disclose.
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  • Arun Seth

      Affiliations

    • Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Nothing to disclose.
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  • David R. Urbach

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Nothing to disclose.
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  • Steven A. Narod

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Nothing to disclose.

Received 15 July 2009

  • Image Result

    Plots of 30-day hospital admission rate and 30-day mortality rate by year of biopsy and repeat prostate biopsy

    Plots of 30-day hospital admission rate and 30-day mortality rate by year of biopsy and repeat prostate biopsy

 Study received research ethics board approval.

 Supported by National Cancer Institute Grant 010294 and the Canadian Institute of Health Research.

 Supplementary material for this article can be obtained at www.prostaterisk.ca.

 See Editorial on page 852.

 Editor's Note: This article is the fourth of 5 published in this issue for which category 1 CME credits can be earned. Instructions for obtaining credits are given with the questions on pages 1262 and 1263.

PII: S0022-5347(09)02932-2

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.11.043

The Journal of Urology
Volume 183, Issue 3 , Pages 963-969 , March 2010

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