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How long should the urologist wait after administering the local anesthetic before taking biopsy samples?

April 26, 2017administering anesthetic biopsy local samples taking urologist wait

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How long should the urologist wait after administering the local anesthetic before taking biopsy samples?

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I believe the longer the better, but at least 5 minutes. If the anesthetic is injected at the beginning of the ultrasound scan procedure, a good time to begin the biopsy sampling is after all the scans have been printed and measurements taken.