Minimally invasive therapies for prostatitis.
A plethora of reports describe a number of promising new minimally invasive treatment modalities available to patients with chronic prostatitis. This article reviews these studies, with most evaluating treatments using heat or intraprostatic injection. The results are difficult to compare because of the inconsistencies in study design, modalities of treatment, and outcome measures. Standard criteria for assessing symptom severity in chronic prostatitis recently have been developed and prospective clinical trials are underway to evaluate minimally invasive therapies for this debilitating condition. Until definitive data from these trials are available, minimally invasive therapies most likely will continue to be empirical and not a standard of care.
Zvara
Peter
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University of Vermont, D319 Given Building, 89 Beaumont Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405, USA. peter.zvara@uvm.edu
Folsom
Jeffrey B
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Plante
Mark K
MK
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003972:Diathermy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000628:therapy*; D020728:Transurethral Resection of Prostate
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents