Chemical sympathectomy with phenol for chronic prostatic pain.
A case of chronic prostatitis where conventional chemotherapy and repeated transurethral resections failed to relieve pain is described. A cutaneous uretero-entero anastomosis was performed for troublesome pain and incontinence and only a permanent sympathetic block with phenol at the level of L4 achieved complete pain relief.
D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D009407:Nerve Block; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010636:Phenols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011467:Prostate / Q000294:innervation; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000601:surgery
D010636:Phenols