(News Release) Men with Urinary Retention Can Avoid Painful and Harmful
Prostate Surgery

Men suffering from acute urinary retention, who are forced to wear
catheters, can be treated with repetitive prostatic massage and
medications instead of undergoing harmful surgery.

A new study describes five men who went into acute urinary retention,
were catheterized, and were told by their urologists that they must
undergo prostate surgery. All five men avoided surgery by undergoing
repetitive prostatic massage combined with antibiotics and
alpha-blockers.

During treatment, statistically significant improvements occurred in
symptom scores, prostatic fluid white {*filter*} cell counts, prostatic
fluid red {*filter*} cell counts, urinary white {*filter*} cell counts, and
urinary red {*filter*} cell counts.

The paper, "Repetitive Prostatic Massage and Drug Therapy as an
Alternative to Transurethral Resection of the Prostate" was published
as the featured article on Medscape General Medicine
(www.MedGenMed.com), a peer-reviewed, Medline-indexed medical journal
on October 25th, 2006. The URL for the article is
http://www.***.com/

The senior author of the study, Antonio Espinosa Feliciano, Jr., M.D.
(www.Prostate.com.ph), has published several medical studies on
repetitive prostatic massage and antibiotic therapy for chronic
prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). He is the Medical
Director of the Manila Genitourinary Clinic and the Cebu Genitourinary
Clinic.

The first author of the study, Bradley Hennenfent, M.D., wrote the book
"Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery," which is a bestseller
for Biblio Distribution. The book can be found at Barnes & Noble,
Borders, Waldenbooks, Copperfield's Books, Amazon.com,
BarnesAndNoble.com, and other fine bookstores. "Surviving Prostate
Cancer Without Surgery" is distributed by Biblio Distribution
(800-462-6420) ISBN Number: 0-9717454-1-2.

Contact:
Antonio Feliciano, Jr., M.D.
Manila Genitourinary Clinic
G/F Kimvi Building Ground Floor
1191 M. Orosa Street
Ermita, Manila 1000

Telephone Philippines: [63] 2-521-7069
Fax Philippines: [63] 2-522-3564
www.Prostate.com.ph

Keywords:
Prostate, urinary retention, acute urinary retention, benign prostatic
hyperplasia, BPH, prostatitis, urinary catheter, urethral catheter,
men's health.