Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome: diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic response in a private urogynecology unit.

Background: Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) is a spectrum of pelvic, bladder or urethral pain, as well as irritative voiding symptoms. The term interstitial cystitis (IC) is reserved for patients with typical cystoscopic features. Diagnosis and management of this syndrome may be difficult.

[Experience in the treatment of interstitial cystitis: review of 17 cases].

Background: The Interstitial Cystitis (IC) has been considered in the past an uncommon pathology, however it has received a special attention during the last 20 years, (1678 scientific articles published since 1984 to 2009). There are many therapeutic options not at all satisfactory because there isn't consensus about diagnostic and treatment.

Objective: To share our experiences in the treatment of interstitial cystitis, additionally, to comment on the therapeutic response of treatment used.

[Clinical and diagnostic evaluation in patients with interstitial cystitis].

Background: Interstitial cystitis is a disease of unknown origin; in the last twenty years several epidemiological studies reported an increase in frequency.

Objective: To describe the symptoms, cystoscopic and histologic findings of 18 cases of interstitial cystitis.

Patients And Method: A descriptive, retrospective and analytical study of 331 women with lower urinary tract symptoms studied in Urodifem de Occidente, (private Urogynecology Clinic), between January 2001 and April 2008.

[Contribution of bladder biopsy to the study of urogynaecological patient].

Background: One of the characteristics of urinary symptoms in women is their lack of specificity. Patients with stress incontinence or urgency, local irritation, infection, distal stenosis or a neoplastic process have very similar symptoms.

Objective: Determine the frequency of bladder structural lesions detected by urethrocistoscopy in which we performed bladder biopsies.

[Prevalence of urinary and anal incontinence in women from metropolitan area of Guadalajara].

Background: Female urinary and anal incontinence are common entities in pelvic floor dysfunction. The most frequently age affected range from 45 to 69 years. Previous studies performed in the United States report a prevalence of 24-62% for urinary incontinence and 3-60% for anal incontinence.