Critical issues in chronic prostatitis.
In the last decade, an impressive amount of clinical research data has shed new light on pathogenesis and management of the chronic prostatitis syndrome. A new classification and a validated symptom score have enabled urologists worldwide to speak a "common language", thus greatly improving the amount and quality of focused research in this field. In Europe, a large number of groups and experts have been actively involved in this research, and have developed in many cases a genuine view on prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain etiology, diagnosis and treatment. The present paper, written by a panel of researchers from Europe and Far East Russia, reviews the most recent findings, discusses the most controversial contemporary topics on prostatitis syndromes, and highlights a number of unresolved issues requiring further research and study.
Magri
Vittorio
V
Urology and Sonography Primary Care Clinic, Azienda Ospedaliera Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milano, Italy. info@prostatite.info
Perletti
Gianpaolo
G
Bartoletti
Riccardo
R
Cai
Tommaso
T
Emelyanova
Irina
I
Mehik
Aare
A
Morgia
Giuseppe
G
Skerk
Visnja
V
Trinchieri
Alberto
A
Wagenlehner
Florian M E
FM
Naber
Kurt G
KG
D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy