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  • Title: [Minimally invasive method of the treatment of prostatic abscess].
    Author: Maksimov VA, Kamalov AA, Karpov VK, Ignashin NS, Riaboĭ AV, Prohorov AV.
    Journal: Urologiia; 2002; (6):41-4. PubMed ID: 12577578.
    Abstract:
    In discussion of advantages and shortcomings of different surgical procedures in the treatment of a prostatic abscess (PA) which rarely complicates acute prostatitis the authors focus on a thin needle transcutaneous puncture of PA under ultrasound control. This low invasive operation made under local anesthesia was performed in 15 PA patients. The abscess cavity was drained using a polyethylene catheter "pigtail". The manipulation was well tolerated by all the patients with no complications in the postoperative period. A mean time of the abscess cavity draining was 4 days. A follow-up for 1.5 years discovered recurrence in none of the patients. This low invasive method is proposed as an alternative to the existing traumatic methods of PA management.
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