Matthews CA

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2019-2023

Study types

  • article 1
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • interstitial_cystitis 6
  • endometriosis 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • irritable_bowel_syndrome 1
2023
Continence (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ·doi:10.1016/j.cont.2023.101051

ObjectivesIn a previous study we reported that molecular profiling of bladder mucosal tissue from a modest number of IC/BPS patients resulted in a clear separation based on anesthetic bladder capacity (BC), with 400 cc representing the appa…

2022
Urogynecology (Philadelphia, Pa.) ·doi:10.1097/spv.0000000000001240

ImportanceThe pathophysiology of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is imperfectly understood. Recent studies reported that small-fiber polyneuropathy (SFPN) is common in fibromyalgia, a condition commonly comorbid with IC…

other 2021
Urology ·doi:10.1016/j.urology.2021.07.009

OBJECTIVE: To further examine anesthetic bladder capacity as a biomarker for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) patient subtypes, we evaluated demographic and clinical characteristics in a large and heterogeneous female pa…

2021
Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery ·doi:10.1097/spv.0000000000000972

ObjectivesInterstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) comprises at least 2 phenotypes. Bladder centric patients typically demonstrate low bladder capacity (BC), often with Hunner lesion (HL), whereas non-bladder-centric patients ty…

article 2020
The Canadian journal of urology

INTRODUCTION: Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) and endometriosis are coexistent diagnoses in 48%-65% of women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP), suggesting that dual screening may be warranted. To further investigate the cl…

2019
International urogynecology journal ·doi:10.1007/s00192-019-04011-x

Introduction and hypothesisInterstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) and fibromyalgia (FM) are frequently co-occurring medical diagnoses in patients referred to the urology clinic for secondary and tertiary treatment options.Meth…