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Interstitial Cystitis: The Painful Bladder Syndrome

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Recognition of interstitial cystitis has grown dramatically over the past decade. The whole neuroinflammatory soft tissue component in the pelvis has lent tremendous credibility to the study and funding of this process. In fact, entire sections at both national and international urology and gynecology conferences have been dedicated to the entity in and of itself as well as addressing the heterogeneity that is inherent in the vast array of both diagnostic and therapeutic options available. Finally, to support the significant impingement that this disease process can put upon those men and women who suffer with it, the federal government as well as the center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has now recognized this disease process with an Official Disability Code in the USA. Now, those patients who cannot hold down their job because of pelvic pressure, pelvic pain, or even wetting their pants have an option. For more details, a list of physicians who dedicate all or part their practice to the diagnosis and treatment of IC are listed on the Interstitial Cystitis Association (ICA) website.

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    David A. Gordon M.D., FACS

  2. The Maryland Institute for Pelvic Neuroscience, 1447 York Road, Suite #406, Lutherville, MD, 21093, USA

    Haritha Pendli M.D.

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Gordon, D.A., Pendli, H. (2017). Interstitial Cystitis: The Painful Bladder Syndrome. In: Gordon, D., Katlic, M. (eds) Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Pelvic Surgery in the Elderly. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6554-0_15

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