Osteitis pubis: treatment by heparinisation

Br J Urol. 1981 Apr;53(2):154-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1981.tb03158.x.

Abstract

Three cases of osteitis pubis following prostatectomy, herniorrhaphy and combined prostatectomy and herniorrhaphy are presented. Each case was successfully treated by intravenous heparin after other treatments had failed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Heparin / therapeutic use*
  • Hernia, Inguinal / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteitis / drug therapy*
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy*
  • Prostatectomy
  • Pubic Bone*

Substances

  • Heparin