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Erschienen in: Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports 1/2015

01.03.2015 | Pelvic Pain (C Payne and J Potts, Section Editors)

Male Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Escaping the Snare of Prostatocentric Thinking

verfasst von: Jeannette M. Potts

Erschienen in: Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports | Ausgabe 1/2015

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Abstract

Decades of prostatocentric research and publications have hampered care for men with genital or pelvic pain syndromes who are often misdiagnosed with prostatitis. The prostatitis classification system as well as other misuse of terminology may have direct and indirect influence on physicians and lay persons alike. Taxonomy, medical culture, and gender issues perpetuate the substandard evaluation of men with this condition as well as the continued overuse of antibiotics. Because the vast majority of men with this condition have neither an infection nor a disease of the prostate gland, physicians must alter their approach to these patients. Thankfully, there is growing interest and evidence to show that male pelvic pain can and should be approached more broadly, even as a nonurological condition.
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Metadaten
Titel
Male Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Escaping the Snare of Prostatocentric Thinking
verfasst von
Jeannette M. Potts
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2015
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports / Ausgabe 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1931-7212
Elektronische ISSN: 1931-7220
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11884-014-0286-z

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