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Clinical classification of chronic prostatitis: a preliminary investigation
1Xinjiang Jiayin Andrology Hospital, Urumuqi 830006, China. wdhuang@cta.cq.cn
Aim:
To propose a practical clinical classification for the chronic prostatitis (CP).
Methods:
The clinical features and the findings in the expressed prostatic secretion (EPS) in 804 cases of CP patients were retrospectively analyzed.
Results:
Four types of CP were identified based on the clinical manifestations and the amounts of white blood cells (WBC) and lecithin in EPS. They were the latent type (85 cases; 10.6%), the common type (423 cases; 52.6%), the persisting type (104 cases; 12.9%), and the active type (192 cases, 23.9%). The therapeutic efficacy for these 4 subtypes were 40.4%, 76.8%, 30.8% and 37%, respectively; a statistical difference was noticed between the common type and the persisting type (P < 0.01).
Conclusion:
The method of classification proposed by the authors may help clinicians in the diagnosis and predicting the prognosis of CP.
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