How To Treat Cystitis

Surgery

While doctors typically only recommend bladder surgery for patients who have severe pain and extremely diminished bladder function, three procedures might be considered if nothing else helps their symptoms. Surgical procedures might be helpful to improve a patient’s ability to control their bladder or to reduce severe pain. Fulguration is a minimally invasive procedure that works to burn off ulcers, which some patients with chronic cystitis develop in the bladder. It uses small incisions and instruments to access the bladder.

Resection is another minimally invasive choice, and it too works to remove any ulcers. The third surgical procedure is bladder augmentation, the purpose of which is to increase the bladder’s capacity to alleviate some of the urinary symptoms. The bladder receives a patch of the intestine to hold more volume. This does improve capacity, but it does not always reduce pain and may require patients to use a catheter to go to the bathroom.

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