title: Minimal invasive therapy of prostatic abscess by transrectal ultrasound-guided perineal drainage.
abstract: Prostatic abscess is a rare but severe disease. Conventional therapy is transurethral resection of the prostatic abscess. Since the advent of transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) a minimal-invasive treatment of prostatic abscess by TRUS-guided perineal drainage under local anesthesia is available. We report on our experience in 6 patients with prostatic abscess. TRUS is a simple, rapid, easily accessible, and accurate method for diagnosis, therapy and follow-up of a prostatic abscess. TRUS-guided perineal drainage of a prostatic abscess is an effective, minimal-invasive and cost-effective treatment without adverse side effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bachor
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Gottfried
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hautmann
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional