Many patients have other procedures before having laparoscopic prostatectomy for severe, treatment-resistant chronic prostatitis. One patient first had a colon resection.

Previous surgery changes anatomy, obscures lines of dissection, and causes scarring and artificial adherence. All this makes surgery more complicated for the surgeon and increases the risks for the patient.

Click here to read what happened when Peter went for prostatitis surgery after first having had a colon resection. See what happened after 30 years of symptoms and pain.