The European Society for the Study of Interstitial Cystitis Annual Meeting was recently held in Rome from June 5 - 7, 2008. This year’s meeting consisted of 100 urologists and other healthcare professionals to discuss different presentations that focused on Interstitial Cystitis.
One goal from this year’s meeting of the ESSIC was to increase cooperation around the world to learn more about IC Disease and how treatment methods can be improved. The meeting also included presentations on pain center organization, central nervous system pain processing, evaluation of the pelvic floor in Interstitial Cystitis, irritable bowel syndrome, and vulvar pain syndrome.
Some other topics discussed at the meeting are included below. You can read in detail about each one here.
- Antecedent Non-Bladder Syndromes in a Case Control Study of Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome
- Significance of Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnostics of Causes Of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women
- Preliminary Data Concerning Pain and Quality of Life in Patients with BPS/IC YKL-40 in Bladder Biopsies from Patients with BPS/IC
- Surgical Treatment of Intractable Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis (BPS/IC)
- CISTIC Study Report. Prospective Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Multi- Center Study Investigating the Efficacy of Hyaluronan in BPS/IC
- Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis and Vulvodynia: Two Aspects of One Syndrome
- Statistical Analysis of Symptoms, Endoscopy and Urothelial Morphology in Fifty-Eight Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis Female Patients
- Urodynamics and Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome
- Evaluation of the Efficacy of Intravesical Chondroitin Sulphate in BPS/IC
- Potassium Channel Kv1.3 and Kv1.6 Expression in the Bladder of Patients with Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis: A Controlled Study
- GRC 6211, the New TRPV1 Oral Antagonist Diminishes Pain in the Rat Model of BPS/IC
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