Mohammed T Aldoukhi

Department of Urology, King Fahad Hospital Hofuf, Alahsa, Saudi Arabia

Publications

• Reviews   
  Transperineal vs. Transrectal Approach for Prevention of Infectious Complications after Prostate Biopsy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  Author(s): Mohammed T Aldoukhi* and Hasan Y Alkhalifa
  
  Background: In patients suspicious of prostate cancer, a prostate biopsy should be done. Biopsies are viable either via the transrectal or transperineal routes. As compared with the Transrectal Prostate Biopsy (TRPBx), Transperineal Prostate Biopsy (TPPBx) gives a non-inferior most cancers detection price. Aim: This work aims to determine the safety of the Transperineal (TP) vs. Transrectal (TR) Approach for the prevention of infectious complications after prostate biopsy. Materials and Methods: A systematic search was performed over different medical databases to identify Urology studies, which studied the outcome of the TP group versus the TR group of prostate biopsy patients. Using the meta-analysis process, either with fixed or random-effects models, we conducted a meta-analysis on the .. Read More»