{"id":12146,"date":"2025-07-10T09:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rigicon.com\/glossary-term\/digital-rectal-examination\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:17:09","slug":"tacto-rectal-examen-digital-del-recto","status":"publish","type":"glossary-term","link":"https:\/\/www.rigicon.com\/es\/glossary-term\/tacto-rectal-examen-digital-del-recto\/","title":{"rendered":"Tacto Rectal (Examen Digital del Recto)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","glossary-category":[136],"glossary-product":[104,105],"class_list":["post-12146","glossary-term","type-glossary-term","status-publish","hentry","glossary-category-prostate-cancer-diagnostics","glossary-product-infla10-pulse-ipp-series","glossary-product-rigi10-malleable-penile-prosthesis"],"acf":{"gt-definition":"<p>Un examen rectal digital (DRE) es un procedimiento de diagn\u00f3stico m\u00e9dico en el que un proveedor de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica inserta un dedo enguantado y lubricado (\"d\u00edgito\") en el recto del paciente a trav\u00e9s del ano para examinar la parte inferior del recto, el ano y, en los hombres, la pr\u00f3stata.<span class=\"citation\">1<\/span> El procedimiento permite a los m\u00e9dicos palpar y evaluar anomal\u00edas en la textura, el tama\u00f1o y la forma de estos estructuras.<span class=\"citation\">2<\/span> Durante el examen, el proveedor de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica palpa la gl\u00e1ndula prost\u00e1tica en busca de cualquier cosa relacionada con la textura, la forma o el tama\u00f1o de la gl\u00e1ndula.<span class=\"citation\">3<\/span> El examen generalmente es r\u00e1pido e indoloro, aunque algunos pacientes pueden experimentar una leve molestia o presi\u00f3n durante el procedimiento.<span class=\"citation\">1<\/span> No se requiere preparaci\u00f3n para este examen y sirve como una importante herramienta de diagn\u00f3stico para detectar diversas afecciones que afectan la recto, ano y pr\u00f3stata.<span class=\"citation\">4<\/span><\/p>","gt-synonyms":"DRE, examen rectal, examen rectal, examen digital del recto, examen de pr\u00f3stata, examen rectal manual","gt-citation":"[1] Naji L, Randhawa H, Sohani Z, et al. Digital Rectal Examination for Prostate Cancer Screening in Primary Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ann Fam Med. 2018;16(2):149-154. DOI: 10.1370\/afm.2205\n\n[2] Cui T, Kovell RC, Terlecki RP. Is it time to abandon the digital rectal examination? Lessons from the PLCO Cancer Screening Trial and peer-reviewed literature. Curr Med Res Opin. 2016;32(10):1663-1669. DOI: 10.1080\/03007995.2016.1198312\n\n[3] Gosselaar C, Roobol MJ, Roemeling S, Schr\u00f6der FH. The role of the digital rectal examination in subsequent screening visits in the European randomized study of screening for prostate cancer (ERSPC), Rotterdam. Eur Urol. 2008;54(3):581-588. DOI: 10.1016\/j.eururo.2008.03.104\n\n[4] Hoffman RM. Screening for prostate cancer. N Engl J Med. 2011;365(21):2013-2019. DOI: 10.1056\/NEJMcp1103642\n\n[5] Catalona WJ, Richie JP, Ahmann FR, et al. Comparison of digital rectal examination and serum prostate specific antigen in the early detection of prostate cancer: results of a multicenter clinical trial of 6,630 men. J Urol. 1994;151(5):1283-1290. DOI: 10.1016\/s0022-5347(17)35233-3","gt-clinical-context":"<p>El tacto rectal se realiza en diversos contextos cl\u00ednicos para evaluar y diagnosticar m\u00faltiples afecciones.<span class=\"citation\">1<\/span> En pacientes masculinos, se usa principalmente para evaluar la gl\u00e1ndula prost\u00e1tica en busca de signos de hiperplasia prost\u00e1tica benigna (pr\u00f3stata agrandada), infecci\u00f3n de la pr\u00f3stata (prostatitis) o c\u00e1ncer de pr\u00f3stata.<span class=\"citation\">2<\/span> Aunque hist\u00f3ricamente se ha utilizado como prueba de detecci\u00f3n independiente para el c\u00e1ncer de pr\u00f3stata, la evidencia actual sugiere su eficacia como prueba de detecci\u00f3n. La herramienta es limitada, con una sensibilidad combinada de 0,51 (IC del 95 %, 0,36\u20130,67) y una especificidad de 0,59 (IC del 95 %, 0,41\u20130,76) cuando se realiza en entornos de atenci\u00f3n primaria.<span class=\"citation\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tanto en pacientes masculinos como femeninos, el DRE se utiliza para:<\/p>\n<ul>\n\t<li>Diagnosticar tumores o anomal\u00edas rectales<span class=\"citation\">4<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li>Evaluaci\u00f3n de hemorroides o fisuras anales<span class=\"citation\">5<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li>Obtener muestras fecales para pruebas de sangre oculta (para detectar hemorragia gastrointestinal o c\u00e1ncer colorrectal)<span class=\"citation\">4<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li>Evaluar la funci\u00f3n del esf\u00ednter anal en casos de incontinencia fecal<span class=\"citation\">4<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li>Compruebe las causas del sangrado rectal<span class=\"citation\">4<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li>En mujeres, eval\u00fae el espacio entre la vagina y el recto<span class=\"citation\">4<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>El procedimiento generalmente se realiza como parte de un examen f\u00edsico integral por parte de proveedores de atenci\u00f3n primaria, ur\u00f3logos, gastroenter\u00f3logos y otros especialistas.<span class=\"citation\">5<\/span> Para la detecci\u00f3n del c\u00e1ncer de pr\u00f3stata, a menudo se usa junto con la prueba del ant\u00edgeno prost\u00e1tico espec\u00edfico (PSA), aunque las pautas actuales var\u00edan con respecto a su uso rutinario para la detecci\u00f3n del c\u00e1ncer de pr\u00f3stata.<span class=\"citation\">3<\/span> EE.UU. El Grupo de Trabajo de Servicios Preventivos no recomienda el DRE como herramienta de detecci\u00f3n primaria para el c\u00e1ncer de pr\u00f3stata, mientras que otras organizaciones lo mantienen como parte de sus recomendaciones de detecci\u00f3n.<span class=\"citation\">5<\/span><\/p>","gt-related-evidence":null,"gt-featured":true,"gt-ai-referenced":false,"gt-view-count":116},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tacto Rectal (Examen Digital del Recto) (DRE)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"El examen rectal digital (DRE) es un procedimiento de diagn\u00f3stico en el que un proveedor de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica examina el recto y la pr\u00f3stata con un dedo...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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