The Inappropriate Use of Surgery and Antibiotics To Treat Prostatitis

The Inappropriate Use of Surgery and Antibiotics To Treat Prostatitis

Those of us who developed the Wise-Anderson Protocol for muscle related pelvic pain with no evidence of infection and no anatomical abnormality, have never seen a satisfactory surgical intervention. We have seen patients who have undergone multiple surgeries in a vain attempt to eradicate their problem. In fact, for these conditions surgery, in our experience, has often hurt the patient, complicated management of their condition, and sometimes created new pain and made it more difficult to treat the original pain and dysfunction. We strongly advise against surgery for the kind of muscle-based pelvic pain where no inflammation, infection or pathology can be found. Furthermore, pelvic pain with no evidence of infection rarely responds to antibiotic treatment, and we have occasionally seen patients suffer increased problems from antibiotic treatment, particularly when antibiotics are given over long periods of time.