TY - JOUR
T1 - Medical uses for silver nitrate in the urinary tract (Review)
AU - Sekito, Takanori
AU - Sadahira, Takuya
AU - Watanabe, Toyohiko
AU - Maruyama, Yuki
AU - Watanabe, Tomofumi
AU - Iwata, Takehiro
AU - Wada, Koichiro
AU - Edamura, Kohei
AU - Araki, Motoo
AU - Watanabe, Masami
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The authors.
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - Silver nitrate has been used for centuries for the treatment of a variety of diseases and in the prevention of infection. Silver nitrate exerts astringent, cauterizing and corrosive effects, as well as antimicrobial activities. Silver nitrate injection therapy has a long history of use in urology. It is reportedly effective for hemorrhagic cystitis, interstitial cystitis, renal hematuria and chyluria. The present review article summarizes the medical applications of silver nitrate in urology. The published studies available on the medical uses of silver nitrate are essentially older and retrospective, involving smaller numbers of patients. In the absence of comparative studies with other treatments, it is thus impossible to determine the relative benefits of silver nitrate. However, the outcomes of silver nitrate therapy have been fairly well established. Silver nitrate therapy may prove to be a treatment option for patients who are poor candidates for invasive treatment. Further studies on the uses of silver nitrate however, are required, and improvements also need to be made in the injection technique to reduce the rate of complications.
AB - Silver nitrate has been used for centuries for the treatment of a variety of diseases and in the prevention of infection. Silver nitrate exerts astringent, cauterizing and corrosive effects, as well as antimicrobial activities. Silver nitrate injection therapy has a long history of use in urology. It is reportedly effective for hemorrhagic cystitis, interstitial cystitis, renal hematuria and chyluria. The present review article summarizes the medical applications of silver nitrate in urology. The published studies available on the medical uses of silver nitrate are essentially older and retrospective, involving smaller numbers of patients. In the absence of comparative studies with other treatments, it is thus impossible to determine the relative benefits of silver nitrate. However, the outcomes of silver nitrate therapy have been fairly well established. Silver nitrate therapy may prove to be a treatment option for patients who are poor candidates for invasive treatment. Further studies on the uses of silver nitrate however, are required, and improvements also need to be made in the injection technique to reduce the rate of complications.
KW - silver nitrate
KW - therapeutic
KW - urinary bladder
KW - urinary tract
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U2 - 10.3892/WASJ.2022.141
DO - 10.3892/WASJ.2022.141
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85126572292
SN - 2632-2900
VL - 4
JO - World Academy of Sciences Journal
JF - World Academy of Sciences Journal
IS - 1
M1 - 6
ER -