[Clinical results of transrectal hyperthermia in 15 patients with chronic abacterial prostatitis]

A prospective uncontrolled study of the safety and efficacy of transrectal hyperthermia was performed on 15 patients with chronic abacterial prostatitis or prostatodynia. A total of 6 (1-2 per week) 1-hour sessions of hyperthermia were performed. Subjective improvement was fair in 2 cases and slight in 13 cases (about 87%). The uroflowmetry and the prostatic size measured by transrectal echography did not show any significant changes. The complications were epididymitis (1 case), UTI (1 case) and chlamydial urethritis (2 cases). In conclusion, this therapy seems to achieve the short-term improvement of chronic abacterial prostatitis or prostatodynia.