Table 3.

Comparison of complications of TP and TR prostate biopsy

Study	Total population		Rectal bleeding		Acute retention of urine		Hematuria		Fever		Pain
	TP	TR	TP	TR	TP	TR	TP	TR	TP	TR	TP	TR
Hara et al., 2007, Japan [21]	126	120	0	0	2	3	13	11	0	2	NA
Takenaka et al., 2008, Japan [22]	100	100	0	1	2	3	11	12	1	2	NA
Tian et al., 2014, China [31]	175	137	0	7	10	8	12	11	6	13	16	11
Yuan et al., 2014, China [13]	59	97	2	49	4	7	25	53	2	15	NA
Cerruto et al., 2014, Italy [23]	54	54	0	4	0	1	5	0	0	1	NA
Guo et al., 2015, China [20]	173	166	0	16	NA		33	37	2	9	58	26
Franco et al., 2017, Italy [17]	125	132	0	4	2	3	3	3	NA		0	3
Total Number	812	806	2	81	20	25	102	127	11	42	74	40
RR (95% CI), TR as the control group	/		0.02 (0.01–0.06)		0.89 (0.50–1.59)		0.79 (0.63–1.01)		0.26 (0.14–0.48)		1.83 (1.27–2.65)

Abbreviations: TP transperineal, TR transrectal, RR relative risk, NA not available