Urology
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 1224-1228 , June 2006

Efficacy of periprostatic local anesthetic for prostate biopsy analgesia: A meta-analysis

  • Jeffrey M. Richman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • H. Ballentine Carter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Marie N. Hanna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Jamie D. Murphy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Andrew J. Rowlingson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Robert A.F. Andrews

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Christopher L. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Christopher L. Wu, M.D., The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Carnegie 280, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287.

Received 20 September 2005 ,Accepted 14 December 2005.

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PII: S0090-4295(05)01784-X

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.12.030

Urology
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 1224-1228 , June 2006

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