In office prostatic massage has been documented to provide symptom relief but use of at-home massage has not been determined. We performed a retrospective analysis of data from men utilizing an at-home-use prostate device to examine disease, treatment characteristics, and symptom relief in order to ascertain whether evidence exists to perform a clinical trial. Demographics, scores on the CPSI, duration of device use, self-reported symptom assessment, and comments were analyzed.
Of men, were analyzed. Of the , 90 The average age was In Group 2 total scores from baseline to follow-up were The preliminary findings suggest that a clinical trial of a novel at-home-use prostatic massage device is warranted.
Regardless of etiology, male LUTS remains a challenge for both the clinician and the patient. However, continued treatment via subsequent office visits or the potential utility of performing massage at home has not been evaluated. A novel prostatic massage device which enables men with LUTS to perform at home prostatic massage has been recently manufactured.
We performed a retrospective analysis of data from men utilizing an at-home-use prostate device in order to examine disease and treatment characteristics and how they correlated with patient satisfaction and symptom relief in order to ascertain whether evidence exists to warrant a clinical trial where the safety and efficacy of this novel device could be tested for men with LUTS.
Data on consecutive men that reported using an at-home prostate massage device from July July was reviewed. The device allows for trans-rectal prostate stimulation and perineal stimulation based on the location of a traditional acupuncture point, CV1 located in the center of the perineum , as well as contraction of the pubococcygeus PC muscle in order to strengthen muscles of the male pelvic floor Figs.
