Epidural anaesthesia in the management of the painful bladder.
Bladder pain is a difficult symptom to manage. Epidural anaesthesia, which was used in 10 patients with sensory disorders, carries a low morbidity and helps to define those patients with severe bladder pain who might benefit from denervation procedures.
Hampson
S J
SJ
Department of Urology, Middlesex Hospital, London.
Bowen-Wright
R M
RM
Worth
P H
PH
D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D059408:Pain Management; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D014554:Urination