Transurethral resection of prostatic abscess under sonographic guidance

Urology. 1991 May;37(5):475-7. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(91)80117-p.

Abstract

Transrectal ultrasound may establish the diagnosis of prostatic abscess in an ambiguous clinical setting. Transurethral resection (deroofing) is the treatment preferred by many clinicians, yet intraoperative complete abscess obliteration may be difficult to confirm endoscopically. We report on a patient with a complex prostatic abscess endoscopically resected under transrectal ultrasound guidance. Adequacy of treatment was proved pathologically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / surgery*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostatitis / surgery*
  • Ultrasonics