title: Treatment of recurrent cystitis in women by internal urethrotomy or antimicrobial agents.
abstract: Seventy-one women suffering from recurrent cystitis were analysed. The patients were randomly distributed into two groups, in accordance with the treatment given. Forty-one were treated medically and thirty were subjected to internal urethrotomy with the Otis urethrotome and antimicrobial agents. The results of treatment for urinary infection were:85.4% in the first group and 73.3% in the second group. There was no statistically significant difference between the results of the two groups analysed. The symptomatology showed 65.8% of the cases asymptomatic in the group treated medically and 36.7% in the surgical-medicinal group. The difference between the results of the two groups was statistically significant according to the symptomatology. Therefore, medical treatment of recurring cystitis in women was superior to surgical-medicinal treatment.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003556:Cystitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents