title: A new method of chronic and recurrent seminal vesiculitis treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate a new method and its effect on the procedure of dilating the ejaculatory duct and flushing the seminal vesicle with an F9 seminal vesicle scope in patients with chronic and recurrent seminal vesiculitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-six patients with a diagnosis based to signs, laboratory detection, digital rectal examination, and transrectal ultrasonography were involved in present study. The patients underwent a surgical procedure of dilating the ejaculatory duct and flushing the seminal vesicles with an F9 seminal vesicle endoscope. All patients were followed for 3 months to 1 year after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were significant reductions in symptoms, signs, white blood cell and red blood cell counts on microscopic examination, seminal vesicles size, improvement of inner walls echo in transrectal ultrasonography, and semen culture positive rate. Moreover, all patients showed improvement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study provides a new transurethral seminal tract endoscopic technique with seminal vesicle scope through the normal anatomic tract to treat patients with chronic seminal vesiculitis. It proved to be easily conducted with minimized complications. Further investigations are needed to confirm our results.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, and Jiangsu Shengze Hospital, Wujiang, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Pengchao
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiaobing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Xiangxiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zengjun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yuejun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Hongfei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004543:Ejaculatory Ducts / Q000601:surgery; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D013521:Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult