[Recommendation of a new prostatic massage--an aside-bending and up-standing vs parallel and semi-squatting method to massage the prostate via the rectum][Article in Chinese]

OBJECTIVE: To recommend an improved method of prostate massage, which is safe, effective, simple and tolerable, and may increase the expressed prostatic secretin (EPS) success rate and promote the efficiency of the prostate massage. METHODS: Two methods are described in this paper, one being the aside-bending and up-standing vs parallel and semi-squatting method to massage the prostate via the rectum, and the other being the traditional massage method. A total of 261 chronic prostatitis (CP) patients were randomly divided into two groups, and treated separately with the new method and the traditional method. Then, the two methods were compared by EPS quantity and the patients' tolerability. RESULTS: The new method made it possible to collect larger quantity of EPS. The results of comparison showed that the new method was better received by the patients. CONCLUSION: The aside-bending and up-standing vs parallel and semi-squatting method to massage the prostate via the rectum may increase the EPS success rate of prostatic massage and hence help the clinical diagnosis and treatment of chronic prostatitis. This method is well worth recommending.