TOpic: rare and special cases, the real "Strange cases"

Introduction: The bladder hernia represents approximately 1-3% of all inguinal hernias, where patients aged more than 50 years have a higher incidence (10%). Many factors contribute to the development of a bladder hernia, including the presence of a urinary outlet obstruction causing chronic bladder distention, the loss of bladder tone, pericystitis, the perivesical bladder fat protrusion and the obesity

Lack of effect of intrarectal lidocaine for pain control during transrectal prostate biopsy: A randomized prospective study

Introduction and Objectives: Transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy is an essential part in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Although this procedure is well tolerated by most patients, sometimes it can result in some uneasiness. In this randomised double-blind placebo controlled study, we evaluated the effectiveness of intrarectal lidocaine during TRUS guided biopsy

A meta-analysis of local anesthesia for transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy of the prostate

10.1038/sj.pcan.4500935Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases102127-13