MINIMAL INVASIVE THERAPY OF PROSTATIC ABSCESS BY TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED PERINEAL DRAINAGE

Prostatic abscess is a rare but severe disease. Conventional therapy i s transurethral resection of the prostatic abscess. Since the advent o f transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) a minimal-invasive treatment of prosta tic abscess by TRUS-guided perineal drainage under local anesthesia is available. We report on our experience in 6 patients with prostatic a bscess. TRUS is a simple, rapid, easily accessible, and accurate metho d for diagnosis, therapy and follow-up of a prostatic abscess. TRUS-gu ided perineal drainage of a prostatic abscess is an effective, minimal -invasive and cost-effective treatment without adverse side effects.