Urethral Stent as a Part of Management of the Neurogenic Bladder in Spinal Cord Injury: Two cases report .
- Author:
Seon Hee IM
1
;
Ueon Woo RAH
;
Il Yung LEE
;
Hae Won MOON
;
Shin Young YIM
;
Do Young JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ajou University School of Medicine.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Urethral stent;
Neurogenic bladder;
Spinal cord injury
- MeSH:
Ataxia;
Drainage;
Humans;
Spinal Cord Injuries*;
Spinal Cord*;
Stents*;
Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic*;
Urinary Tract Infections;
Vesico-Ureteral Reflux
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2000;24(1):157-161
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
In spinal cord injury, various options exist for the management of the neurogenic bladder. For the management of neurogenic bladder, urethral stent was placed under a cystoscopic guidance as one day procedure. Urethral stents were inserted in a T12 spinal cord injured patient who had recurrent urinary tract infections and a vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) and a T3 spinal cord injured patient who had a detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia. In the first case, recurrent urinary tract infection and VUR were resolved after the stenting. In the second case, urethral stent was removed because of the failure of continuous drainage. Because of its easily reversible nature, the urethral stent can be adopted for use in pateints as an option of neurogenic bladder management.
