[Ultrasonic monitoring of transurethral prostatic drainage in chronic prostatitis using the Intraton-4...

A detailed ultrasonic picture of the prostate was provided by the rectal device of Pie Medical-200 unit for 1066 patients with chronic prostatitis before and in the course of drain therapy using electrostimulator-aspirator Intraton-4. The leading ultrasonic diagnostic symptoms of chronic prostatitis are represented by various microspaces and hypoechogenic zones in different prostatic parts which reflect activity of chronic inflammatory process. The severity of the disease was determined primarily by the presence in the prostate of "true microabscesses" (microcavity of the irregular form) and pseudomicroabscesses (drop-shaped microspaces) which can be successfully drained irrespective of their number, size, location and characteristics of the content. The evidence gave grounds for design of the scheme describing pathogenesis of chronic prostatitis and its reverse dynamics in the course of drain therapy. These reverse changes closely resemble stages of ureterohydronephrosis.