What Researchers Did
Researchers treated a patient with severe radiation cystitis and a vesicocutaneous fistula, resistant to conventional therapy, with hyperbaric oxygen.
What They Found
The vesicocutaneous fistula healed, and the patient's symptoms of radiation cystitis did not recur for over one and a half years following hyperbaric oxygen treatment.
What This Means for Canadian Patients
For Canadian patients with severe radiation cystitis resistant to current therapies, hyperbaric oxygen therapy might be considered as a potential option. However, this finding is based on a single case, and further research is needed to confirm its broader applicability.
Canadian Relevance
This study has no direct Canadian connection.
Study Limitations
The primary limitation of this study is that it is a single case report, which restricts the generalizability of its findings.