Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a common and often
heterogenous condition that can have severe consequences on patient quality of life. In this …

Abstract Objective Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a chronic
pain disease with high prevalence rates and substantial health care costs. An …

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OBJECTIVES: Large, controlled trials in chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) have failed
due to patient heterogeneity. To phenotype CPPS patients, we developed the UPOINT …

BACKGROUND: There is no sufficiently validated therapy for chronic pelvic pain syndrome
(CPPS). OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy …

Background In men with chronic prostatitis–chronic pelvic pain syndrome, treatment with
alpha-adrenergic receptor blockers early in the course of the disorder has been reported to …

Objective To determine the extent, severity, and sex differences of psychosocial deficits in
men and women with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndromes (UCPPS), which in the past …

Methods: Using a cross sectional design, 175 men with CP/CPPS (mean age 46.83; SD
10.86) were recruited from tertiary care urology clinics and completed questionnaires on …

Pain is the most reported and troublesome symptom of nearly all functional disorders
affecting the genitourinary and gastrointestinal organs. Patients with irritable bowel …

Introduction Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS), commonly
encountered in urologic practice, carries with it a stigma of poor understanding, ineffective …