title: Total prostatoseminal vesiculectomy in the treatment of debilitating perineal pain.
abstract: Persistent perineal pain, unresponsive to antibiotics and analgesia, sufficient to produce an inability to function in any work or social environment is occasionally encountered. A total of 5 such patients underwent total prostatoseminal vesiculectomy: 3 experienced complete relief of the pain and 1 experienced symptomatic relief to the extent that he ranks the residual discomfort as 1 on a scale of 1 to 10. The remaining patient had complete absence of pain for approximately 4 months but thereafter mild, intermittent proximal urethral discomfort developed during voiding. Total prostatoseminal vesiculectomy may be occasionally applicable in the patient disabled by chronic perineal pain. We believe that psychiatric evaluation and concurrence should be a preoperative prerequisite.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Frazier
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Spalding
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Paulson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D010502:Perineum; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011468:Prostatectomy; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000601:surgery*