According to specialized literature, prostatic calculi are found in up to 80% of men over the age of 50. Prostatic calculi associated with chronic prostatitis may be closely related to lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and may cause nonspecific symptoms of LUTS. The treatment drug therapy, minimally invasive as well as open surgeries, the number of which is actually decreasing worldwide. This phenomenon is mostly related to the emergence of both
new diagnostic technologies and endourological treatment.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia and chronic prostatitis are the most common conditions in men, the frequency of which varies with age. Chronic prostatitis (infectious or inflammatory) has a frequency of 8-35% in patients aged 20-50 years, reaching a maximum of 60-70% in those aged over 50 years.