Advantages of transperineal biopsies over transrectal biopsies

In this video, Matthew J. Allaway, MD, assesses the differences between the transrectal and transperineal approaches to prostate biopsy and the overall advantage of the transperineal biopsy in detecting cancer and preventing infection. Allaway is the founder and president of Perinealogic, and a urologist and managing partner at Urology Associates, Cumberland, Maryland.