Korean J Urol.  1992 Dec;33(6):1101-1104.

Early experience of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in radiation-induced cystitis

• Kim SG
• Min KJ

Abstract

The effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy have been documented in 10 patients with radiation-induced cystitis refractory to conventional management. Seven patients were treated for 40-70 consecutive days, 90 minutes each day with 100 per cent oxygen at 2.4 atmospheres absolute pressure in a multiplace unit. Seven patients achieved the relief of gross hematuria and improvement of bladder irritative symptoms without side effect for an average 16.7 months (range 6 to 27 months). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy was stopped in three patients because of febrile sense in trunk, pneumonia and cancer recurrence. This experience suggests that hyperbaric oxygen therapy might be considered the primary treatment of patients with symptomatic radiation-induced cystitis.

Keyword

hyperbaric oxygen therapy; radiation cystitis

MeSH Terms

Atmosphere
Cystitis*
Hematuria
Humans
Hyperbaric Oxygenation*
Oxygen
Pneumonia
Recurrence
Urinary Bladder
Oxygen