Original Papers - Prostate
Vol. 90 No. 1 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2018.1.34

Injection therapy for chronic prostatitis: A retrospective analysis of 77 cases

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Received: 14 October 2017
Published: 31 March 2018
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Chronic prostatitis, Bacterial prostatitis, Injection therapy of prostatitis

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Attila Toth
TothMD@gmail.com
The MacLeod Laboratory, Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, United States.
Frederico Maria Guercini
The MacLeod Laboratory, Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, United States.
Dawn Marta Feldthouse
The MacLeod Laboratory, Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, United States.
Jun Chao Zhang
The MacLeod Laboratory, Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, United States.
Objective: To compare pre- and post-therapy symptom scores reported on the National Institute of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIHCPSI) after trans-rectal antibiotic injections therapy for men suffering from chronic prostatitis.
Materials and methods: Retrospective analysis of NIHCPSI symptom scores obtained from chart reviews of 77 treated males suffering from chronic prostatitis before and after trans rectal injections for the treatment of chronic prostatitis.
Results: Most patients reported a 40% to 60% improvement in symptom scores. In subgroups comparing scores in patients with less than 5 injections, the improvement was less than in patients who received 10 or more injections. Patients’ responses after a shorter (3 months) follow up showed better pain scores than patient’s scores after longer, over one-year or more, follow- up periods.
Conclusion: Our findings show that direct antibiotic injection for chronic prostatitis is a viable addition to standard therapies. Improvements in symptom scores are long lasting. Discomfort is minimal and side effects are rare and avoidable

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Toth, A. et al. (2018). Injection therapy for chronic prostatitis: A retrospective analysis of 77 cases. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 90(1), 34-39. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2018.1.34

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