Transrectal prostatic biopsy specimens were taken from 218 patients with prostatic symptoms-138 by the Franzen aspiration technique without anaesthesia as outpatients and 80 by the Silverman technique under general anaesthesia. A reliable diagnosis was obtained in 82% of the former and 95% of the latter.
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