Interstitial Cystitis Can Be Improved With Intravesical Instillation of Platelet-Rich Plasma.

Intravesical instillation of platelet-rich plasma has the potential to improve symptoms and reduce pain in patients who have interstitial cystitis and painful bladder syndrome by utilizing the body's own growth factors found in platelets. Interstitial cystitis is a disease of the bladder that causes pain, urinary frequency, urgency, and nocturia. It is difficult to treat and has unknown etiology. Patients who have interstitial cystitis have high rates of anxiety as a comorbid condition. People with anxiety are known to have dysregulation of serotonin. These concepts are interrelated.

Hysteroscopic resection of a cervical ectopic pregnancy.

A 32-year-old woman who had a history of abruptio placentae and cesarean section with her first pregnancy experienced vaginal hemorrhage 6 weeks after her last menstrual period. Clinical examination and ultrasound findings were consistent with cervical ectopic pregnancy. The gestation was hysteroscopically resected with the aid of the rollerbar.