Digital Rectal Examination
"Digital Rectal Examination" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A physical examination in which the qualified health care worker inserts a lubricated, gloved finger of one hand into the RECTUM and may use the other hand to press on the lower ABDOMEN or pelvic area to palpate for abnormalities in the lower rectum, and nearby organs or tissues. The method is commonly used to check the lower rectum, the PROSTATE gland in men, and the UTERUS and OVARIES in women.
| Descriptor ID |
D051517
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.600.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Digital Rectal Examination- Digital Rectal Examination
- Digital Rectal Examinations
- Examination, Digital Rectal
- Examinations, Digital Rectal
- Rectal Examination, Digital
- Rectal Examinations, Digital
- Rectal Palpation
- Palpation, Rectal
- Palpations, Rectal
- Rectal Palpations
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Digital Rectal Examination" by people in Profiles.
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Is there still a role for digital rectal examination in the prostate cancer diagnostic pathway in the COVID-19 and post COVID-19 era? Aging Male. 2021 Dec; 24(1):92-94.
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Digital rectal examination and prostate biopsy at the time of COVID-19 outbreak: are there risks of contamination for the urologist? Minerva Urol Nephrol. 2021 04; 73(2):268-269.
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Do we really need guidelines for HRA during the COVID-19 pandemic? Colorectal Dis. 2020 06; 22(6):647-648.
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A Multicentre Evaluation of the Role of the Prostate Health Index (PHI) in Regions with Differing Prevalence of Prostate Cancer: Adjustment of PHI Reference Ranges is Needed for European and Asian Settings. Eur Urol. 2019 04; 75(4):558-561.
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Not All Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging-targeted Biopsies Are Equal: The Impact of the Type of Approach and Operator Expertise on the Detection of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol Oncol. 2018 06; 1(2):120-128.
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Survival after radical prostatectomy or radiotherapy for locally advanced (cT3) prostate cancer. World J Urol. 2018 Sep; 36(9):1399-1407.
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Ex vivo study of prostate cancer localization using rolling mechanical imaging towards minimally invasive surgery. Med Eng Phys. 2017 05; 43:112-117.