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Cystitis surgery
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Surgery is not the primary treatment for cystitis and is not required most of the times. Surgery can be done for associated pathologies leading to cystitis like a tumor or a stone leading to obstruction of the bladder and thus encouraging growth of pathogens and thus cystitis.
Surgery
Surgery
Surgery is not usually recommended for cystitis. It can be considered in the following circumstances:[1][2][3]
- Cystitis cystica
- Bladder tumour
- Unremovable stone
- Viral hemorrhagic cystitis after stem cell transplantation
- Mass forming eosinophilic cystitis
References
References
- ↑ Kurosawa K, Urakami S, Ishiwata K, Miyagawa J, Sakaguchi K, Fujioka M; et al. (2016). “[Significance of Urological Surgical Treatment for Viral Hemorrhagic Cystitis after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation]”. Hinyokika Kiyo. 62 (11): 563–567. doi:10.14989/ActaUrolJap_62_11_563. PMID 27919133.
- ↑ Halder P, Mandal KC, Mukherjee S (2016). “Prolapsing cystitis cystica causing bladder outlet obstruction: An unusual complication”. Indian J Urol. 32 (4): 329–330. doi:10.4103/0970-1591.189718. PMC 5054670. PMID 27843222.
- ↑ Zhou AG, Amin A, Yates JK, Diamond DA, Tyminski MM, Badway JA; et al. (2016). “Mass Forming Eosinophilic Cystitis in Pediatric Patients”. Urology. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2016.11.002. PMID 27840250.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Usama Talib, BSc, MD [2]