Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1023-1027 , May 2010

Periprostatic Local Anesthesia With Pudendal Block for Transperineal Ultrasound-guided Prostate Biopsy: A Randomized Trial

Received 3 September 2009 ,Accepted 29 September 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)02878-7

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.09.083

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1023-1027 , May 2010

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