Neurogenic bladder evaluation and management after spinal cord injury: Current practice among urologists working in Saudi Arabia

Urology Annals

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-28

  Al Taweel, Waleed ^a,b   Abdullah, Akhayal ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

neurogenic bladder; Saudi Arabia; Spinal cord injury; urologists

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BLADDER EMPTYING; BLADDER EXAMINATION; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGICAL CARE;

EID: 79952971982     PISSN: 09747796     EISSN: 09747834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-7796.75872     Document Type: Article

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