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Prostate biopsy - tips and tricks

ESU Course 42

  • Location:
    Room 11, Capital suite (level 3)
  • Chair:
     P. Hammerer, Braunschweig (DE)
  • Aims and objectives of this session

    • Provide an update on recent imaging techniques like TRUS, Elastography, Histoscanning, multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) and nuclear imaging techniques for prostate cancer diagnosis.
    • Explain standard reporting systems for ultrasound and mpMRI like PI-RADS
    • Discuss different prostate biopsy techniques
    • Tips and Tricks to reduce morbidity of prostate biopsies

Indications for TRUS and biopsy
 P. Hammerer, Braunschweig (DE)
Practical aspects of TRUS and TRUS-guided biopsies
 P. Hammerer, Braunschweig (DE)
Indications for rebiopsy
 V. Scattoni, Milano (IT)
Update on new technical developments
 V. Scattoni, Milano (IT)