Prostate biopsy need not be the painful ordeal that a number of men anticipate, as per findings presented at the annual meeting of North Central Section of the American Urological Association in San Diego.

By administering topical anesthetic several minutes previous to lidocaine injection at the prostate apex and the surrounding rectal tissue significantly reduces pain during the procedure, researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, report.

Typically, local anesthetic has been injected between the prostate base and seminal vesicle where the neurovascular bundle lies, presenter Dr. Richard Ashley told Reuters Health.

"But what we find is that, when we inject at that location, even though it is anatomically correct, the patient still experiences a lot of pain," he said.


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