Current progress of intravesical instillation therapy in interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome is a chronic pain syndrome characterised by pain/ discomfort attributed to the bladder,with associated urgency and urinary frequency.Its etiology is unknown and the syndrome probably have different manifestations.There is no specific treatment and multi-treatment often been used to treat interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrone.Bladder instillation therapy is often used as an important treatment because the drug is concentrated in the bladder and keeps a higher concentration.But the drug selection and treatment regimen of bladder instillation are not uniform.A number of intravesical agents are reviewed in this paper along with the available evidence for their use.