Spinal cord/brain injury and the neurogenic bladder

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 537-546

  Jeong, Seong Jin ^a   Cho, Sung Yong ^b   Oh, Seung June ^b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Disease management; Neurogenic bladder; Spinal cord injury; Traumatic brain injury; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER EMPTYING; BLADDER PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTINENCE; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; REVIEW; SACRAL ANTERIOR ROOT STIMULATION; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STENT; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; URINE RETENTION; URODYNAMICS;

BRAIN INJURIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC;

EID: 77957904633     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2010.06.005     Document Type: Review

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