Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

From the reviews: "This work makes novel inroads into our contemporary understanding of prostatitis. ... The clinical relevance of this work makes it ideally suited for medical students, urology residents, and practicing urologists. Those nonurologists involved in chronic pain management and integrative medicine will benefit ... . The vast majority of the clinically relevant progress in the field of prostatitis has emerged in the past decade. This book provides a readable and practical synthesis of these contemporary advances." (Irvin H Hirsch, Doody's Review Service, September, 2008) "This clear and concise book, written by a multidisciplinary, international group of contributors, covers the NIH four categories of prostatitis: acute, chronic bacterial, chronic pelvic pain syndrome and asymptomatic inflammation, providing practical guidelines for evaluation, diagnosis and treatment. ... The aim of this book is to achieve better understanding and management of this large group of patients and to help maximise quality of life ... . this excellent book which will be an indispensable guide to everyone involved in treating these patients." (ICS News, Vol. 5 (2), July, 2009)

• Evaluation of the Prostatitis Patient.- Acute Bacterial Prostatitis.- Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis.- Prostatitis in the Immunocompromised Patient.- Quality of Life and Economic Impact of Chronic Prostatitis.- Antibiotic Therapy in Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- Alpha-Blocker Therapy for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- Phytotherapy and the Prostatitis Syndromes.- Neuromuscular and Psychoactive Treatments for Chronic Prostatitis.- The Role of Surgery and Minimally Invasive Prostate Therapies in Prostatitis.- Physical Therapy for Chronic Prostatitis /Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- A Biopsychosocial Therapy Model for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- Pain Management in Chronic Prostatitis.- Sexual Dysfunction and Infertility in Chronic Prostatitis.- Interstitial Cystitis in Men: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Similarities to Chronic Prostatitis.- Category IV Prostatitis: Implications for Prostate Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and Carcinogenesis.- The Role of Nanobacteria/Calcifying Nanoparticles in Prostate Disease.- Strategies for Increasing the Understanding of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.- Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: The Past, Present, and Future.- Therapy for Category III Prostatitis: A Synthesis.