Management of prostatitis
- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases
- Vol. 5 (3), 172-179
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.pcan.4500604
Abstract
Prostatitis is a common clinical entity with a prevalence rate of 5–9% and accounts for over 2 million hospital visits annually in the USA. It is traditionally classified into acute bacterial, chronic bacterial, abacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia. The recent consensus conference of the US National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in 2000 resulted in renewed interest in the prevalence, etiology, pathogenesis and treatment of the prostatitis syndromes. In this review, we present the contemporary knowledge and experience regarding the etiology, classification, evaluation and treatment of this condition including the role of transurethral microwave hyperthermia and transurethral needle ablation.Keywords
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