title: [The urologic spirale: a therapeutic possibility in the treatment of prostatic carcinoma].
abstract: The urological spirale used exclusively as an intraprostatic catheter without communicating with the extracorporeal space offers patients with obstructive invasive prostatic carcinoma, who are unsuitable for surgical intervention, an additional treatment. Without interfering with the function of the urethra the danger of an ascending infection caused by a foreign body and the discomfort of a foreign body can be avoided. Occasionally normal micturition can be established. This was successful in 4 out of 8 patients for 3-12 months approximately, although in 2 of the 4 patients the spirale had to be removed on account of persistent irritation and infection. In the other 2 the spirale was successful until death after approximately 12 months. Even if we do not agree with the high rate of acceptability claimed in men suffering from cancer of the prostata, the attempt to use the spirale seems justified in special circumstances.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, Krankenanstalten Düren, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rathert
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011467:Prostate; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D014524:Urethral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: La "spirale urologique": une possibilité thérapeutique dans le traitement du carcinome prostatique.