Table 2.
Summary of different contemporary case series of prostate abscess.
| Refs | N patients | Abscess size, mL | Abscess criteria | Prostate size, g | Treatment | Re-treatment for: |
Hospital stay, mean (range) days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abscess | BOO | |||||||
| [5] | 7 | – | – | – | 4 Perineal catheter drainage | – | – | 11.2 |
| 3 TUR deroofing | 14.2% | |||||||
| [13] | 6 | Mean 31.6 | Mean 93 | TRUS aspiration | ||||
| (17–65) | (42–162) | 16.7% | – | 1.6 (1–3) | ||||
| [8] | 7 | Mean diameter >1.5 cm | 28.5% Multifocal | – | TRUS-guided tube drain | – | 28.5% | 10 (7–17) |
| [14] | 11 | – | 3 Recurrent after aspiration | – | 7 TUR deroofing | – | – | |
| – | Posteriorly | 2 TRUS aspiration | – | – | – | |||
| Located | ||||||||
| – | Periprostatic | 2 Perineal drainage extension | – | – | – | |||
| [9] | 41 | Mean 3.87 (3–4) | – | Mean 59.4 (21–108) | 23 TUR deroofing | – | – | 10.2 (6–15) |
| Mean 4.04 (2.0–5.0) | – | Mean 41.6 (24–50) | 18 TRUS aspiration | 22.2% | – | 23.2 (18–34) | ||
TUR, transurethral.