Clinical, laboratory and ultrasonographic correlates of prostate calcifications in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.

Introduction: The research aim was to determine the role of clinical, laboratory, immunological and sonographic parameters in the development of an assessment tool for the symptomatic manifestations of prostate calcifications in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS).

Material And Methods: All men underwent a transabdominal ultrasonographic examination using a grayscale B-mode and color Doppler mapping, the evaluation of the National Institutes of Health-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, spermogram. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), serotonin and gamma-aminobutyrate (GABA), interleukins 1β and 10 were determined in blood serum and ejaculate.

Antibiotic therapy effectiveness as an outcome predictor of complex treatment in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.

Introduction: We hypothesized that the history of antibiotic efficacy was related to the outcome of the treatment of patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and evaluated this as a phenotyping factor for such patients.

Material And Methods: This prospective study included 74 patients with CP/CPPS aged 18-45 years old, who had at least 10 points on the National Institutes of Health-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI) scale and did not receive treatment for CP/CPPS for the last 3 months. There were 5 visits.

The effectiveness of the combination of rectal electrostimulation and an antidepressant in the treatment of chronic abacterial prostatitis.

Introduction: Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a complex medical problem. Comorbid depression and chronic pain are highly prevalent in individuals suffering with chronic abacterial prostatitis (CAP) perhaps due to the direct or indirect effects of cytokines. Cytokines interact with the neuronal environment, and thus modulation of the duration of inflammation may alleviate depressive and pain symptoms.