IC Disease

It is estimated that approximately 10% of all Interstitial Cystitis patients do not respond to conservative medical treatments.  For these patients, supratrigonal cystectomy and bladder enlargement enterocystoplasty has been used.  To evaulate the results of using this form of treatment, researchers evaluated the results from the patients that had this surgical procedure to treat their IC Disease.

Included in this study, 15 patients underwent the supratrigonal cystectomy and bladder enlargement enterocystoplasty between 1999 and 2006. All patients’ symptoms were reported along with other medical treatments they had tried. All of the patients’ bladder capacities were also measured.

Out of the 15 patients surveyed, 13 had found their urinary frequency due to IC Disease had improved and 11 said they had improvement in pain. 

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