Endoscopic neodymium: YAG laser treatment of radiation-induced hemorrhagic cystitis
✍ Scribed by Dr. R. Ravi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 472 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0196-8092
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✦ Synopsis
Hemorrhagic cystitis is a debilitating complication of radiation therapy for pelvic malignancy. Forty-two such patients with intractable hematuria underwent endoscopic Nd:YAG laser coagulation under local anesthesia between January 1990 and July 1992. The laser power was kept at 5 30 W and the pulse duration 5 3 s. Control of bleeding was achieved in 39 patients after one sitting and in 2 patients after two sittings of laser treatment. There were no complications of the procedure and recurrence of bleeding was not seen in any of the patients achieving CR at a mean follow-up period of 14 months. With modifications in the safety guidelines, we recommend laser treatment as the initial procedure of choice in patients with hemorrhagic radiation cystitis.