Safety and Efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for the Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis: A Randomized, Sham Controlled, Double-Blind Trial

Abstract

A total of 30 treatment sessions of hyperbaric oxygenation appear to be a safe, effective and feasible therapeutic approach to interstitial cystitis. In the treatment responders application of hyperbaric oxygenation resulted in a sustained decrease of interstitial cystitis symptoms with a discordant profile regarding the peak amelioration of the various interstitial cystitis symptoms compared with a normobaric, normoxic sham treatment.