Shahnawaz Rajpar, Santosh Kumar, Bilal Surya.
Post Transurethral Resection of Prostate Histopathological Proven Chronic Prostatitis.
J Surg Pak Jan ;21(4):134-7.

Objective: To find out frequency of chronic prostatitis (CP) in benign prostatic hyperplasia. Study design: Cross-sectional study. Place & Duration of study: Department of Urology, Lyari General Hospital and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College (SMBBMC) Karachi, from January 2013 to January 2015. Methodology: Patients of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) with moderate to severe lower urinary tract symptoms, having failed trial of voiding urine, not responding to medical therapy, having renal dysfunction and recurrent urinary tract infection were selected through purposive non-probability sampling method. Following transurethral resection of prostate, specimen was sent for biopsy. Results: Eighty men with benign prostatic hyperplasia were included. A high frequency of chronic prostatitis was found (n=44%). Frequency of cancer of prostate was found in 5% specimens. Conclusions: In patients with BPH high frequency of CP was found. Prostate cancer was found in four patients. E coli was the most frequent organism isolated in catheterized patients.

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