Economic Evaluation of Transperineal versus Transrectal Devices for Local Anaesthetic Prostate Biopsies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Biopsy of the prostate for suspected cancer is usually performed transrectally under local anaesthesia in the outpatient clinic setting. As this involves piercing the bowel wall, the procedure is associated with a risk of infection. Recently, devices that facilitate transperineal biopsy approaches have been developed that avoid piercing the bowel and so should reduce the risk of infection.

Objective

The aim of this study was to estimate the cost effectiveness of transperineal versus transrectal ultrasound-guided local anaesthesia procedures for prostate biopsy from the perspective of the UK NHS and to estimate the value of further research in the area.

Methods

a) Decision tree and Markov model synthesising all relevant evidence estimating the life-time cost

SUBMITTER: Wilson ECF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8611168 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature