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Intravesical Lidocaine in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome

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The etiology of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) has been described as related to inflammation, mucosal defects, permeability problems, neuro-endocrine abnormalities, genetic disturbances, and/or infection, but the end result becomes a hypersensitivity of the urinary bladder with hallmarks that include exaggerated and abnormal sensory and motor reactions to the presence of urine in the bladder. In some patients, the symptoms progress to debilitating hyperalgesia and allodynia.

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  1. North York General Hospital, 4001 Leslie Street, Room GSE 140, Toronto, ON, M2K 1E1, Canada

    Nicole Golda M.D., F.R.C.S.C.

  2. Professor of Urology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada

    J. Curtis Nickel M.D., F.R.C.S.C.

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Golda, N., Nickel, J.C. (2017). Intravesical Lidocaine in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome. In: Moldwin, R. (eds) Urological and Gynaecological Chronic Pelvic Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48464-8_20

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