Enoxacin for type III A prostatitis: a clinical observation / 中华男科学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>Chronic prostatitis, especially type III A, is a common disease in adult males, for which there are quite a few therapeutic methods. This study aimed to investigate the clinical efficacy of enoxacin in the treatment of III A prostatitis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>We selected 198 cases of III A prostatitis with complete treatment and follow-up data from the outpatients, all treated by enoxacin injection for 1 week, followed by oral medication of enoxacin for 2 weeks. Then we evaluated the therapeutic effect based on the NIH-CPSI scores and changes in the indexes of expressed prostatic secretions (EPS).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The rate of total effectiveness was 86.4%, cure 8.6% (17/198), remarkable effectiveness 58.1% (115/198), improvement 19.7% (39/198), and ineffectiveness 13.6% (27/198). Only 16 cases (8.1%) complained of transitory gastrointestinal tract discomfort and/or skin itching.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Enoxacin has desirable efficacy and few adverse effects on type III A prostatitis.</p>

Application of inversion-table in the treatment of lower pole renal stones / 中华外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the effect of inversion-table in the treatment of lower pole renal stones.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>From March 2006 to September 2008, 36 patients with lower pole renal calculi were treated by inversion-table, 13 cases with stone diameter from 4 mm to 20 mm received extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) combined with inversion-table treatment and other 23 cases with stone diameter from 2 mm to 4mm received inversion-table treatment alone.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>All of 36 cases underwent inversion-table treatment successfully and no one had cardio-cerebral accident. After following up 3 months, the radiologically documented complete stone clearance rate at 3 months group was 83.3%.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Inversion-table treatment is a safe and valuable adjunct in assisting passage of lower pole renal stone fragments after mini-invasive treatment of stone and can improve stone-free rate.</p>