title: Retrospective review of clinical practice in chronic pelvic pain syndrome i.e. category III chronic prostatitis at two hospital sites over five years 2000-2005 (an audit).
abstract: All category III chronic prostatitis cases in two hospital sites were retrospectively reviewed from the year 2000 until 2005. The mean age of the patients was 38.7 years. Of these, 56.6% were St Bartholomew's Genitourinary Medicine Department patients and 43.5% were Southend Genitourinary Medicine Clinic patients. We observed that 33.1% of these had at least one transrectal ultrasound of the prostate. The commonest abnormal findings in transrectal ultrasounds of the prostate of the series were focal calcification (16.2%), calculi (9.3%) and inflammatory changes (5.4%). Of this series, 35% were lost to follow-up. The vast majority of the remainder got better over periods ranging from approximately two weeks to approximately three years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Southend Hospital NHS Trust, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, UK.derek.evans@southend.nhs.uk
authors.forename: D T P
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jaleel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Keefe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011467:Prostate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011794:Quercetin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D000975:Antioxidants; D011794:Quercetin