caa a22 4500 475742834 CHVBK 20180406123504.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s002400000118 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s002400000118 Prostatic tissue pressure measurement as a possible diagnostic procedure in patients with chronic nonbacterial prostatitis /chronic pelvic pain syndrome [Elektronische Daten] [A. Mehik, P. Hellström, O. Lukkarinen, A. Sarpola, O. Alfthan] Forty-two patients with chronic nonbacterial prostatitis (CNP) and twelve men without any urological complaints or history underwent intraprostatic tissue pressure measurement with a Stryker intracompartmental pressure monitor device. The pressures were measured under spinal anesthesia in connection with various surgical procedures. Tissue pressure was monitored at 10, 60 and120 s after an injection of 1 ml saline. Significantly (P < 0.001) higher intraprostatic pressure values were registered at all the three time points in the patients with CNP compared to the controls. Our study shows that patients with CNP have elevated intraprostatic tissue pressures, probably reflecting increased tissue resistance and a poor tissue microcirculation status. It seems that this method can be used as a diagnostic tool to differentiate between various causes of chronic pelvic pain in the male. The aim is to develop further this method so that it is also suitable for outpatient use. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Prostatic tissue pressure nationallicence Tissue pressure measurement nationallicence Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome nationallicence Mehik A. Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland e-mail: amehik@cc.oulu.fi Fax: +358-8-3155318, FI aut Hellström P. Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland e-mail: amehik@cc.oulu.fi Fax: +358-8-3155318, FI aut Lukkarinen O. Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland e-mail: amehik@cc.oulu.fi Fax: +358-8-3155318, FI aut Sarpola A. Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, Oulu University, Finland, FI aut Alfthan O. Professor Emeritus, Helsinki, Finland, FI aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s002400000118 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s002400000118 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mehik A. Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland e-mail: amehik@cc.oulu.fi Fax: +358-8-3155318, FI aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hellström P. Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland e-mail: amehik@cc.oulu.fi Fax: +358-8-3155318, FI aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lukkarinen O. Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland e-mail: amehik@cc.oulu.fi Fax: +358-8-3155318, FI aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sarpola A. Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, Oulu University, Finland, FI aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alfthan O. Professor Emeritus, Helsinki, Finland, FI aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer