Table 4. Complications associated with transrectal ultrasound biopsy.

Complication	% of biopsies
Haematospermia	37.4
Bleeding from urethra, urinary bladder (>1 day)	14.5
Fever	0.8
Urosepsis	0.3
Rectal bleeding <2 days	2.2
Rectal bleeding >2 days requiring surgical intervention	2.2
Urine retention	0.2
Prostatitis	1.0
Epididymitis	0.7
Other complications requiring hospitalisation	0.3

Percentage given per biopsy session, irrespective of number of cores.

Adapted from National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology. Prostate cancer early detection, v.2.2010. Fort Washington, PA: NCCN; 2010. p. 15. Available from: http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/PDF/prostate.pdf