[UPOINT system: a new diagnostic/therapeutic algorithm for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome].
Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a common condition in urological outpatients, and is often improperly treated for its multifactorial etiology and non-specific clinical phenotype. Doctor Shoskes proposed a clinical phenotype system for CP/CPPS--the UPOINT system, which is a new diagnostic/therapeutic algorithm addressing 6 CP/CPPS phenotypic domains, including the urinary, psychosocial, organ specific, infection, neurological/systemic and muscle tenderness domains. Under the guidance of UPOINT, doctors can give a multimodal therapy for patients with CP/CPPS according to its clinical phenotype, and several clinical studies have demonstrated obvious clinical benefit from the UPOINT-based therapy.
Center of Andrology, The Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100009, China. zhangzhichao@bjmu.edu.cn
Zhi-Chao
ZC
Zhang
Jing
J
Peng
D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy