“…7 The TR 12-core biopsy is composed of the conventional parasagittal sextant 6-core (pa, pm and pb sites) biopsy 16 and far-lateral sextant 6-core (la, lm and lb sites) biopsy as described previously. 1,14,15 The biopsy was performed using an 18-gauge biopsy needle driven by an automatic Magnum Biopsy gun (C R Bard , Inc., Covington, GA) under local, spinal or general anesthesia in 3 (0.4%), 541 (69%), and 239 (31%) men, respectively. With the patient in the lithotomy position, the prostate gland was imaged with an ultrasound machine (ALOKA SSD-2000, Aloka, Tokyo, Japan) equipped with both a biplanar 5/7.5 MHz transrectal probe (ALOKA UST-672) and an end-fire 5 MHz transrectal probe (ALOKA UST-670P-5).…”