Correlation between chronic prostatitis syndrome and pelvic venous disease- A survey of 2,554 urologic outpatients

Objectives: In this study we evaluated the association between chronic pros tatitis syndrome (CPS), varicocele and hemorrhoids as manifestations of a p elvic venous disease. Methods: Our retrospective study was based upon 2,554 patients treated in t wo general urology clinics over the past 10 years. We have assessed the inc idence of CPS among urological patients. Results: We found 483 patients with CPS, representing 18.9% of the total nu mber of visits at the outpatient clinic. In this group the percentage of va ricocele and hemorrhoids was 14.69 and 8.48%, whereas in a control group th ese figures were 5.02 and 5.84%, respectively (p<0.001 and 0.1054). Such a difference is statistically significant and suggests a higher prevalence of varicocele in the CPS group, but this may be due to a methodological error of the retrospective study. Conclusion: Only a prospective study, which is of importance due to the fre quency of the disease, can give a precise answer to this question. Copyrigh t (C) 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel.