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. 2025 Jan 7:4:1418007.
doi: 10.3389/fruro.2024.1418007. eCollection 2024.

Anogenital distance in the etiology of chronic prostatitis: does it lead to novel surgical treatments?

Ayhan Verit  1 , Fatma Ferda Verit  2
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Anogenital distance in the etiology of chronic prostatitis: does it lead to novel surgical treatments?

Ayhan Verit et al. Front Urol. .
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Keywords: Chronic prostatitis (CP); anogenital distance (AGD); chronic pelvic pain syndromes (CPPS); etiology of CP; treatment of CP.

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Figure 1
Note the trapped prostate and surrounding structures in relation to the anogenital distance. P, prostate; B, bladder; R, rectum; S, pubic symphysis; M, pelvic floor muscles; AGDAS, anogenital distance (anus-scrotum).
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