| pubmed-article:10696940 | pubmed:abstractText | Interstitial cystitis is a chronic non-infectious inflammatory disease of the bladder of unknown aetiology which is characterized by irritative voiding symptoms and suprapubic pain related to bladder filling. Surgical treatment is indicated in severely symptomatic patients when medical therapies have failed, usually after a period of several years. The authors' experience with a modified technique of ileocystoplasty following supratrigonal cystectomy performed in five patients with interstitial cystitis is presented here. | lld:pubmed |
