title: Do the medical treatment reduces the rate of surgical treatment in suspected cases of chronic prostatitis before prostatectomy?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our aim is to investigate how the chronic intraprostatic inflammation affect the course of the BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia).
  
  
  METHODS
  Between the dates of 2007-2011, the files of the patients who had TUR-P (transurethral resection of the prostate) and underwent open surgery were retrospectively reviewed because of BPH, and the patients were divided into two groups who were operated due to AUR (acute urinary retention) or LUTS (lower urinary tract symptoms) and the clinical data and pathology results of the two groups were compared in terms of chronic intraprostatic inflammation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were evaluable data of 130 of 150 patients. The age range of the patients was 50-88. 52 of the 130 patients due to AUR and 78 of them due to LUTS underwent surgery. While there was chronic inflammation in 59 of the 130 patients, there was not in 71. The volume of the prostate and the average age of those who had chronic prostatitis with the combination of AUR were greater compared to the LUTS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It seems that chronic prostatitis is a factor which is often accompanied by BPH and affects the progression and pathology of the disease. The risk of acute urinary retention is more frequent in patients with chronic inflammation than in those who lack. In the future, related clinical trials with the relationship between the intraprostatic inflammation and BPH treatment are necessary and should include more cases and longer period of follow-up for these studies.
authors: Department of Urology, Medical Faculty, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van Turkey. drmustafa23@yahoo.com
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authors: G
authors: Mustafa
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authors: G
authors: Ilhan
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Necip
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authors: Kürsat
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authors: Kerem
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authors: Kadir
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authors: Hüseyin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies