Lower Dose of 5 mL of 1% Lidocaine is More Suitable than the Conventional 10 mL for Caudal Block in Transrectal Prostate Biopsy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 3

Cancer diagnosis rate of transrectal prostate biopsy.

	1% lidocaine 5 mL (n = 395)	1% lidocaine 10 mL (n = 395)	value
c T-stage^† T1	26 (12.4%)	35 (16.4%)	0.24
T2	145 (69.1%)	132 (62.0%)	0.13
T3	38 (18.1%)	36 (16.9%)	0.75
T4	1 (0.48%)	10 (4.7%)	0.006
Cancer diagnosis rate (%)	53.1 (210/395)	53.9 (213/395)	0.83

^†Data expressed as n (%). cT-stage and cancer diagnosis rate were analyzed using the chi-squared test. .