Men's Health
Prostatitis - Surgery
Surgery for prostatitis may be necessary to treat chronic bacterial prostatitis that does not respond to long-term antibiotic treatment and that causes repeated urinary tract infections. Surgery may be done to remove part of the prostate or to remove infected prostate stones (prostatic calculi). But this does not always cure the infection, and it may make the symptoms worse. Surgery is generally done only if all other treatments have failed.
Surgery Choices
Surgical removal of part of the prostate to treat an infection that does not respond to antibiotic treatment or to remove prostate stones is called transurethral prostatectomy.
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What To Think About
Removing prostate stones may not cure prostatitis, because the surgery may not remove the portion of the prostate containing the stones.
WebMD Medical Reference from Healthwise
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