| Literature DB >> 2776806 |
B G Rijkmans1, D J Bakker, N F Dabhoiwala, K H Kurth.
Abstract
This report describes the results of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in 10 patients with radiation-induced cystitis. Severe macroscopic hematuria was present in all patients and was resistant to current therapy. Previously 8 patients had been treated for bladder carcinoma and 2 for prostatic carcinoma with 60 Gy radiotherapy. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy consisted of 20 sessions of 100% oxygen inhalation at 3 bar pressure for 90 min. In 6 patients the macroscopic hematuria stopped completely and it decreased in the other patients. These 4 patients had recurrent or residual bladder malignancies.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2776806 DOI: 10.1159/000471615
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Urol ISSN: 0302-2838 Impact factor: 20.096