We would like to thank the editors for their comment on “Preventing prostate biopsy
complications: to Augment or to Swab”. They present some of the challenges to implementing
a rectal swab prior to transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy, and offer an alternative
using the transperineal (TP) biopsy approach.
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Publication history
Accepted:
February 1,
2021
Received:
October 14,
2020
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Funding Source: None
Conflicts of Interests: All authors report no COI
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