Relation between acute urinary retention, chronic prostatic inflammation and accompanying elevated prostate-specific antigen

Kefi A., Koseoglu H., Celebi İ., Yorukoglu K., Esen A. A.

SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY, vol.40, no.2, pp.155-160, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/00365590500497960
  • Journal Name: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Page Numbers: pp.155-160
  • Keywords: benign prostatic obstruction, prostatic inflammation, prostate-specific antigen, urinary retention
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective. To determine if there is a relationship between acute urinary retention ( AUR), the prostate- specific antigen ( PSA) level and chronic inflammation of the prostate. We therefore studied patients with benign prostatic obstruction ( BPO) with ( n = 64) or without ( n = 168) acute urinary retention ( AUR) who underwent transurethral resection of the prostate ( TURP) in a retrospective case control study.