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Title: Treatment of radiation cystitis with hyperbaric oxygen

Journal Article · · Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.); (United States)
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A patient with severe radiation cystitis resistant to current therapy was treated with hyperbaric oxygen to facilitate closure of a vesicocutaneous fistula. In addition to the fistula healing, her symptoms of radiation cystitis have not recurred for over a year and a half.

Research Organization:
Brookside Hospital, San Pablo, CA
OSTI ID:
5528624
Journal Information:
Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.); (United States), Vol. 3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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