TRUS-GUIDED DRAINAGE OF PROSTATIC ABSCESS WITH A PIGTAIL TUBE

Citation
B. Wirth et al., TRUS-GUIDED DRAINAGE OF PROSTATIC ABSCESS WITH A PIGTAIL TUBE, Der Urologe, 32(6), 1993, pp. 482-485
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
ISSN journal
03402592
Volume
32
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
482 - 485
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-2592(1993)32:6<482:TDOPAW>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Prostaic abscess is a rare but often severe disease. In most cases dia gnosis is difficult. The best diagnostic tool is transrectal ultrasoun d, which depicts prostatic abscess very clearly. The therapy of choice to date is surgery, usually transurethral resection. At the Departmen t of Urology of the University of Kiel we have employed another form o f treatment, namely perineal drainage of the abscess with a pigtail tu be under transrectal ultrasound guidance. This method is expected to b e particularly advantageous in younger patients, for whom transurethra l resection may cause problems. Five patients aged 24-71 years have be en treated in this manner so far.