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WCE 2011 - Transurethral coagulation of ulcers in classic interstitial cystitis - Session Highlights

KYOTO, JAPAN (UroToday.com) - In 72 patients diagnosed with interstitial cystitis, Hikaru Tomoe, et al. looked into the outcome of treating Hunner’s ulcer by fulguration and according to the complete versus incomplete fulguration.

Theirs was a retrospective study with patients with classic IC treated by hydrodistension and transuretheral coagulation.

Patients were followed by frequency volume chart, O’Leary-Sant Questionnaires, ICSI/ICPI and VAS for pain before and at 2 months and 6 months after surgery. All patients received hydrodistension of the bladder. The patients who were completely coagulated showed better outcomes and for a longer duration than those who had incomplete coagulation of the ulcers.

 

Presented by Hikaru Tomoe at the 29th World Congress of Endourology & SWL (WCE) - November 30 - December 3, 2011 - Kyoto International Conference Center - Kyoto, Japan


Reported for UroToday by Gamal Ghoniem, MD, FACS, Vice Chair and Professor of Urology, Department of Urology, University of California-Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA


 

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