Hyperbaric oxygen: primary treatment of radiation-induced hemorrhagic cystitis.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-1-1989
Abstract
Of 8 patients with symptoms of advanced cystitis due to pelvic radiation treated with hyperbaric oxygen 7 are persistently improved during followup. All 6 patients treated for gross hematuria requiring hospitalization have been free of symptoms for an average of 24 months (range 6 to 43 months). One patient treated for stress incontinence currently is dry despite little change in bladder capacity, implying salutary effect from hyperbaric oxygen on the sphincter mechanism. One patient with radiation-induced prostatitis failed to respond. This experience suggests that hyperbaric oxygen should be considered the primary treatment for patients with symptomatic radiation-induced hemorrhagic cystitis.
Volume
142
Issue
1
First Page
43
Last Page
45
ISSN
0022-5347
Published In/Presented At
Weiss, J. P., & Neville, E. C. (1989). Hyperbaric oxygen: primary treatment of radiation-induced hemorrhagic cystitis. The Journal of urology, 142(1), 43–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)38657-3
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
2733107
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article