OBJECTIVE: Concerning death-rates were reported following prostate biopsy but the lack of contexts in which event occurred makes it difficult to take any position.
Therefore, we aimed to determine the 120-day post-biopsy mortality rate.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Between 2000 and 2011, 8804 men underwent prostate biopsy in the hospice civils de Lyon. We studied retrospectively, the mortality rate after each of the 11,816 procedures. Biopsies imputability was assessed by examining all medical records. Dates of death were extracted from our local patient management database, which is updated trimestrially with death notifications from the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies.
RESULTS: In our study 42 deaths occurred within 120days after 11,816 prostate biopsies (0.36%). Of the 42 records: 9 were lost to follow-up, 3 had no identifiable cause of death, 28 had an intercurrent event ruling out prostate biopsy as a cause of death. Only 2 deaths could be linked to biopsy.
CONCLUSIONS: We reported at most 2 deaths possibly related to prostate biopsy over 11,816 procedures (0.02%). We confirmed the fact that prostate biopsies can be lethal but this rare outcome should not be considered as an argument against prostate screening given the circumstances in which it occurs.
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Canat GA, Duclos A, Couray-Targe S, Schott AM, Polazzi S, Scoazec JY, Berger F, Perrin P. Are you the author?
Hospices civils de Lyon, pôle information médicale évaluation recherche, site Lacassagne, bâtiment A, 162, avenue Lacassagne, 69424 Lyon cedex 03, France; Service d'anatomopathologie, université de l'hôpital de Lyon Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, France; Service d'urologie, université de l'hôpital d'Édouard-Herriot, hospices civils de Lyon, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003 Pierre-Bénite, France; Service d'urologie, université de l'hôpital de Lyon Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003 Pierre-Bénite, France. ; ; ; ; ; ;
Reference: Prog Urol. 2014 Jun;24(7):427-32.
doi: 10.1016/j.purol.2013.11.007
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24861682
Article in French.
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