Historical and modern views on the problem of prostatolithiasis

Abstract

In the literature review the authors present data on the history of the development of diagnostics and treatment of patients with prostatolithiasis and basic information about the most effective methods of treatment of this urological nosology. Prostatolithiasis is one of the most common diseases of the prostate in which, due to various etiological factors, stones are formed in the parenchyma of the prostate gland. Due to the lack of a single diagnostic algorithm, there is no accurate epidemiological information on the prevalence of prostate stones. According to various authors, this figure starts from 7.35 % and reaches 88.6 %. Depending on the localization, prostate stones are divided into endogenous, exogenous and mixed. Asymptomatic course, polyetiological pathogenesis, frequent recurrences of the inflammatory process in the prostate gland with the subsequent appearance of symptoms of the lower urinary tract, sclerosis of the prostate and bladder neck determine the extremely important role of this pathology. Prostatolithiasis, due to its specific clinical course, continues to be one of the most poorly studied problems in men of active working age, as well as in elderly men.