Successful treatment of radiation cystitis with hyperbaric oxygen.
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.
Rijkmans
B G
BG
Department of Urology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Bakker
D J
DJ
Dabhoiwala
N F
NF
Kurth
K H
KH
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003556:Cystitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy