WASHINGTON, DC USA (UroToday.com) - In a Japanese review of 458 patients with IC/BPS at 38 hospitals of 11 universities treated from 2002-2006, Hideki Enokida and colleagues from Kagoshima reported that hydrodistention was the most effective treatment for these patients. Hunner’s lesions were found in 12% of patients. Seventy-six per cent of patients experienced symptom improvement with one or a variety of therapeutic interventions.
Presented by Hideki Enokida, MD, et al. at the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting - May 14 - 19, 2011 - Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC USA
Reported for UroToday by Philip M. Hanno, MD, MPH, Professor of Urology in the Division of Urology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
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