Patient positioning during digital rectal examination of the prostate: preferences, tolerability, and results

Patient positioning during digital rectal examination of the prostate: preferences, tolerability, and results

PURPOSE: To evaluate the preferred position used by Brazilian Urologists to perform DRE, the position that Brazilian patients prefer or think it is less embarrassing to have a DRE, and to evaluate the results of DRE with patients in left lateral decubitus, modified lithotomy, standing-up, or the phy...

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Main Authors: Frederico R. Romero, Antonio W. Romero, Renato Tambara Filho, Thadeu Brenny Filho, Fernando Cesar de Oliveira Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2011-06-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Subjects:
patient positioning
prostate
diagnosis
pain
digital rectal examination
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