Minimally invasive therapies for prostatitis
| Autor: | Peter Zvara, Jeffrey B. Folsom, Mark K. Plante |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Nephrology medicine.medical_specialty Standard of care Urology Prostatitis Injections Diathermy Internal medicine medicine Humans Intensive care medicine Modalities business.industry Transurethral Resection of Prostate Symptom severity Outcome measures General Medicine medicine.disease Anti-Bacterial Agents Clinical trial Treatment modality Chronic Disease Physical therapy business |
| Zdroj: | Current Prostate Reports. 2:89-95 |
| ISSN: | 1544-225X 1544-1865 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11918-004-0006-9 |
| Popis: | A plethora of reports describe a number of promising new minimally invasive treatment modalities available to patients with chronic prostatitis. This article reviews these studies, with most evaluating treatments using heat or intraprostatic injection. The results are difficult to compare because of the inconsistencies in study design, modalities of treatment, and outcome measures. Standard criteria for assessing symptom severity in chronic prostatitis recently have been developed and prospective clinical trials are underway to evaluate minimally invasive therapies for this debilitating condition. Until definitive data from these trials are available, minimally invasive therapies most likely will continue to be empirical and not a standard of care. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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