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With the emergence of minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia and the need to reduce health care costs, a simple and effective prostate anesthetic block may allow more procedures to be done in an outpatient or office setting. As based on neuroanatomy studies of the prostate, the perineal approach appeared to be the best way to anesthetize the prostate. This technique was used in 43 patients who underwent interstitial laser coagulation an outpatient or office setting. The perineal prostatic block was effective for pain control whether lidocaine or lidocaine/bupivacaine was used as determined by visual analog scale, linear pain scale, or global pain questionnaire. The use of intravenous (i.v.) sedation did not influence the efficacy of the prostate anesthetic block. Thus, the perineal prostate anesthetic block may be employed in patients undergoing minimally invasive surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia in the outpatient/office location.
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Issa, M., Ritenour, C., Greenberger, M. et al. The prostate anesthetic block for outpatient prostate surgery. World J Urol 16, 378–383 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003450050085
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