Hydrodistention has little benefit in relieving IC
Orlando, FL-Hydrodistention has little therapeutic value in the managementof interstitial cystitis, according to the results of a retrospective investigationpresented at the AUA annual meeting. Researchers from Stanford University, CA, reported the outcomes froma chart review study identifying 63 patients in whom they had performedcystoscopy/hydrodistention since January 2000.
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Sandip Prasad, MD, discusses patient selection for chemoablation in recurrent LG-IR-NMIBC and considerations when counseling patients about a nonsurgical approach.
In a head-to-head RCT, Rezūm produced a 4.6-point greater IPSS improvement than combination pharmacotherapy at 1 year, according to Jean-Nicolas Cornu, MD, PhD, FEBU.
Enfortumab vedotin-ejfv (Padcev) plus pembrolizumab (Keytruda) showed the strongest EFS, OS, and PCR associations among neoadjuvant MIBC strategies in a network meta-analysis, although perioperative design limits attribution.