...Jürgen Pannek; Carmen Kurmann; Jörg Krebs; Valentin Habermacher; Jens Wöllner Introduction: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are among the most common complications in persons with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD) due to spinal cord injury (SCI). As both asymptomatic bacteriuria...

...Ryosuke Takahashi; Yasusuke Kimoto; Tomoko Maki; Masatoshi Eto Introduction: A recent article has reported that postinjury bladder overdistension (OD) deteriorates lower urinary tract function in the mouse spinal cord injury (SCI) model. However, there have been no reports examining the effect...

...Gonzalo García Fadrique; Daniel Gallego; Domingo Ordaz; Laura Climent Objective: To analyze if there are urodynamic differences in patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) secondary to spinal cord injury (SCI) depending on whether the SCI is complete or incomplete according...

...Maolin Hu; Shicong Lai; Yaoguang Zhang; Ming Liu; Jianye Wang Objective: To evaluate the intervention effect of sacral neuromodulation (SNM) in the treatment of lower urinary tract dysfunction after spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods: We selected relevant studies published between January 1, 1971...

... of spinal cord injury developed immediately after ASS. Fig. 1. Preoperative phlebography. Retrograde venogram obtained in a 22-year-old man showing collateral vessel between the left spermatic vein and renal vein (arrows). To avoid inappropriate occlusion, the radiologic approach was interrupted...

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...Miguel Vírseda Chamorro; Emilio Rubio; Jose Florensa; José Escribano; Jesús Salinas Casado; Antonio López García-Moreno; Manuel Esteban Fuertes Objectives: To determine the prevalence of radiologic images suggestive of urethral diverticula (UD) in men with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to study...

...André Reitz Background: Afferents from the urinary tract transmit bladder sensations to the central nervous system. Spinal cord injury (SCI) may affect both efferent motor and afferent sensory pathways. Presence/absence of bladder sensations in patients with complete spinal cord, conus or cauda...

... is presented that the posterior urethral receptors and their ascending pathway played a major role in the maintenance of AHR during micturition. 30 10 1996 16 01 1997 4 2 2010 Autonomic hyperreflexia Urodynamics Neurogenic bladder Spinal cord injury © 1997 S. Karger AG, Basel...

...Hiromitsu Mimata; Fuminori Satoh; Tatsuhiko Tanigawa; Yoshio Nomura; Jiro Ogata Spinal cord injury (SCI) at Thl3 was induced in female Wistar rats, and changes in the urinary bladder were examined during the acute phase of SCI. Wet weights of the spinal bladders increased twofold over controls by 7...

...A.E. Comarr; L.J. Peha 47 male patients with spinal cord injury were examined. 31 had upper motor neuron bladders; 16 had lower motor neuron bladders. The majority of patients were injured less than 1 year ago. Cine and cystometry were performed simultaneously. The study has shown...

... cord injury Reflexes Urol. int. 31: 49-59 (1976) Bladder and Urethra! Recordings in Acute and Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Patients Alain B. Rossier and R. Ott Spinal Cord Injury Service, Veterans Administration Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., and Urology Service (Director: Prof. R...

... leak point pressure (DLPP) in 62 male patients with spinal cord injury were assessed before sphincterotomy. Data were compared to surgical success evaluated by postoperative DLPP and residual urine. Results: Sphincterotomy was successful in 85.4% of our patients. In multivariate analysis, both...

...T. Ahmet Serel; Eda Uysal; Süleyman Kutluhan; Sedat Soyupek; Sahir Kılıç; M. Burak Hoşcan Introduction: To determine the levels of spinal cord injury (SCI) on free insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) content in the bladder and the possible role of free IGF-1 in growth in hypertrophic bladders...

...Hisashi Honjo; Yoshio Naya; Osamu Ukimura; Munekado Kojima; Tsuneharu Miki Objectives: We investigated the possible use of acupuncture for the treatment of urinary incontinence caused by detrusor hyperreflexia in patients with chronic spinal cord injuries. Methods: A total of 13 patients (11 males...

...Sheng-Pin Changlai; Liu-Ing Bih; Ding-Bang Lin To determine whether years since injury, level of injury, degree of injury, gender, or age influence renal function in 66 spinal cord injuries (SCI) patients without urological complications, individual kidney effective renal plasma flow (ERPF...

...Muta M. Issa; Diane E. McNamara; Samuel E. Myrick; Moritz H. Hansen; Michael Gong; Inder Perkash We report a rare case of massive bilateral staghorn calculi in a spinal cord injury patient with significant renal compromise. The patient was successfully treated with percutaneous nephrolithotomy...