Abstract | PURPOSE: MATERIAL AND METHODS: From May 1988 through March 2001, 62 patients with radiation induced hemorrhagic cystitis were treated with hyperbaric oxygen at our institution. Followup ranged from 10 to 120 months. The primary pathological conditions were prostate cancer (81%) and bladder cancer (10%). Mean patient age was 70 years (range 15 to 88). Mean time between completion of radiation therapy and onset of hematuria was 48 months (range 0 to 355). Patients received an average of 33 hyperbaric oxygen treatments (range 9 to 68). RESULTS: Of the 62 patients treated information on 57 was available for analysis. Of the 57 patients (86%) 49 experienced complete resolution or marked improvement of hematuria following hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Of the 8 patients who did not improve 4 received fewer than 40 hyperbaric oxygen treatments and 7 prematurely terminated treatment (medical co-morbidities 4, claustrophobia 2, temporary resolution of symptoms 1). CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | John M Corman, Dale McClure, Randy Pritchett, Paul Kozlowski, Neil B Hampson |
Journal | The Journal of urology
(J Urol)
Vol. 169
Issue 6
Pg. 2200-2
(Jun 2003)
ISSN: 0022-5347 [Print] United States |
PMID | 12771749
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cystitis
(etiology, therapy)
- Female
- Hematuria
(etiology)
- Hemorrhage
(etiology, therapy)
- Humans
- Hyperbaric Oxygenation
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prostatic Neoplasms
(radiotherapy)
- Radiation Injuries
(therapy)
- Recurrence
- Retreatment
- Retrospective Studies
- Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
(radiotherapy)
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