Bladder Pain Syndrome – An Evolution

Section 1 Introduction.- 1 Interstitial Cystitis: An Introduction to the Problem.- 2 Historical Perspectives.- Section 2 Epidemiology and Etiology.- 3 Epidemiology of Interstitial Cystitis: 1.- 4 Epidemiology of Interstitial Cystitis: 2.- 5 Interstitial Cystitis: Animal Models.- 6 Etiology: Etiologic and Pathogenic Theories in Interstitial Cystitis.- Editorial Comment Etiologic Theories: Deficiency of the Bladder Lining.- Section 3 Diagnosis.- 7 Light Microscopic Findings in Bladders of Patients with Interstitial Cystitis.- 8 Pathology of Interstitial Cystitis.- 9 Mast Cells and Interstitial Cystitis.- 10 Diagnosis of Interstitial Cystitis: A Clinical, Endoscope and Pathologic Approach.- 11 Neurourologic Evaluation in Interstitial Cystitis.- 12 Hydrodistention and Intraoperative Urodynamics.- Editorial Comment The Clinical Evaluation of Patients with Painful Bladder Disease.- Interstitial Cystitis.- Section 4 Management.- 13 Pharmacotherapeutic Goals in Interstitial Cystitis.- 14 Intravesical Therapy of Interstitial Cystitis.- 15 Subcutaneous Heparin in the Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis.- 16 Urine Eosinophil Cationic Protein in Painful Bladder Disease.- 17 Use of Pentosanpolysulfate in the Management of Interstitial Cystitis.- 18 Use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in the Management of Chronic Interstitial Cystitis.- 19 Reappraisal of Transurethral Resection in Classic Interstitial Cystitis.- 20 Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis with the Neodymium:YAG Laser.- 21 Partial Bladder Denervation in the Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis in Women.- 22 Surgical Therapy of Interstitial Cystitis.- Editorial Comment Substitution Cystoplasty in the Management of Interstitial Cystitis.- Addendum. Summary of the 1989 AUA Podium Section on Genitourinary Infection: Interstitial Cystitis.