Therapeutic effect of transurethral needle ablation in non-bacterial prostatitis: Chronic pelvic pain syndrome type IIIa

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-102

  Chiang, Po Hui ^a,c   Chiang, Chin Pei ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Prostate; Prostatitis; Radiofrequency; Transurethral needle ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE SECRETION; PROSTATITIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM; TRANSURETHRAL NEEDLE ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1442350537     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00751.x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Persson BE, Ronquist G. Evidence for a mechanistic association between nonbacterial prostatitis and levels of urate and creatinine in expressed prostatic secretion. J. Urol. 1996; 155: 958-60.
2. Barbalias GA, Nikiforidis G, Liatsikos EN. Alpha-blockers for the treatment of chronic prostatitis in combination with antibiotics. J. Urol. 1998; 159: 883-7.
3. Roberts RO, Lieber MM, Bostwick DG, Jacobsen SJ. A review of clinical and pathological prostatitis syndromes. Urology 1997; 49: 809-21.
4. Montorsi F, Guazzoni G, Bergamaschi F et al. Is there a role for transrectal microwave hyperthermia of the prostate in the treatment of abacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia? Prostate 1993; 22: 139-46.
5. Suzuki T, Kurokawa K, Suzuki K, Matsumoto K, Yamanaka H. Transurethral balloon laser hyperthermia for chronic non-bacterial prostatitis: a clinical trial. Int. J. Urol. 1995; 2: 29-32.
6. Nickel JC, Sorenson R. Transurethral microwave thermotherapy for nonbacterial prostatitis: a randomised double-blind sham controlled study using new prostatitis specific assessment questionnaires. J. Urol. 1996; 155: 1950-55.
7. Chapple CR, Issa MM, Woo H. Transurethral needle ablation (TUNA). A critical review of radiofrequency thermal therapy in the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Eur. Urol. 1999; 35: 119-28.
8. Schulman CC, Zlotta AR, Rasor JS, HourrieZ L, Noel JC, Edwards SD. Transurethral needle ablation (TUNA). safety, feasibility and tolerance of a new office procedure for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Eur. Urol. 1993; 24: 415-23.
9. Schulman CC, Zlotta AR. TUNA - a promising new therapy for BPH. Contemp. Urol. 1995; 7: 59-60.
10. Chiang PH, Tsai EM, Chiang CP. Pilot study of transurethral needle ablation (TUNA) in the treatment of nonbacterial prostatitis. J. Endourol. 1997; 11: 367-70.
11. Chiang PH, Tsai EM, Chiang CP. Transurethral needle ablation of the prostate (TUNA) in the treatment of chronic urinary retention. Kaohisung J. Med. Sci. 1997; 13: 86-91.
12. Mehik A, Hellstrom P, Lukkarinen O, Sarpola A, Alfthan O. Increased intraprostatic pressure in patients with chronic prostatitis. Urol. Res. 1999; 27: 277-9.
13. Takechi S, Yokoyama M, Yanji N, Nishio S, Araki N. Nonbacterial prostatitis caused by the partial urethral obstruction in the rat. Urol. Res. 1999; 27: 346-50.
14. Perachino M, Bozzo W, Puppo P, Vitali A, Ardoino S, Ferro MA. Does transurethral thermotherapy induce a long-term alpha blockade? An immunohistochemical study. Eur. Urol. 1993; 23: 299-301.
15. Litwin MS, McNaughton-Collins M, Fowler FJ et al. The national institutes of health chronic prostatitis symptom index: development and validation of a new outcome measure. J. Urol. 1999; 162: 369-75.
16. Krieger JN, Nyberg L Jr, Nickel JC. NIH consensus definition and classification of prostatitis. JAMA 1999; 282: 236-7.
17. Kreiger JN, Jacobs RR, Ross SO. Does the chronic prostatitis/pelvic pain syndrome differ from nonbacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia? J. Urol. 2000; 164: 1554-8.
18. Leshinen MJ, Hilponen A, Lukkarinen O, Tammela TL. Transurethral needle ablation for the treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndrome (category III prostatitis): a randomised, sham-controlled study. Urology 2002; 60: 300-4.
19. Aaltomaa S, Ala-Opas M. The effect of transurethral needle ablation on symptoms of chronic pelvic pain syndrome - a pilot study. Scand. J. Urol. Nephrol. 2001; 35: 127-31.
20. Lee KC, Jung PB, Park HS, Whang JH, Lee JG. Transurethral needle ablation for chronic nonbacterial prostatitis. BJU Int. 2002; 89: 226-9.