UPOINT system: a new diagnostic/therapeutic algorithm for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
- Author:
Zhi-Chao ZHANG
1
;
Jing PENG
Author Information
1. Center of Andrology, The Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100009, China. zhangzhichao@bjmu.edu.cn
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Algorithms;
Humans;
Male;
Pelvic Pain;
classification;
diagnosis;
therapy;
Prostatitis;
classification;
diagnosis;
therapy
- From:
National Journal of Andrology
2013;19(7):579-582
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a common condition in urological outpatients, and is often improperly treated for its multifactorial etiology and non-specific clinical phenotype. Doctor Shoskes proposed a clinical phenotype system for CP/CPPS--the UPOINT system, which is a new diagnostic/therapeutic algorithm addressing 6 CP/CPPS phenotypic domains, including the urinary, psychosocial, organ specific, infection, neurological/systemic and muscle tenderness domains. Under the guidance of UPOINT, doctors can give a multimodal therapy for patients with CP/CPPS according to its clinical phenotype, and several clinical studies have demonstrated obvious clinical benefit from the UPOINT-based therapy.
