Desire to Void in Patients with Complete Spinal Cord Injury.
- Author:
Ji Cheol SHIN
1
;
Seong Woong KANG
;
Won Hyuk CHANG
;
Tae Ho JUNG
;
Jee Hyun YOO
;
Sang Yol MAH
Author Information
1. Department and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Korea. iamchangwh@dreamwiz.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Spinal cord injury;
Neurogenic bladder;
Discomplete;
Urodynamics
- MeSH:
Autonomic Dysreflexia;
Compliance;
Humans;
Retrospective Studies;
Spinal Cord Injuries*;
Spinal Cord*;
Urinary Bladder;
Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic;
Urodynamics
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2006;30(4):340-345
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To classify complete spinal cord injury (SCI) patients based on the preservation of desire to void and to make clear the difference between each group METHOD: This study was performed retrospectively on 117 complete SCI patients with lesions above T11 who were referred to the urodynamic laboratory. Patients were classified according to the preservation of desire to void during conventional urodynamic study. The clinical and urodynamic characteristics of each group were analyzed. RESULTS: There were 37 patients (31.6%) with the preservation of desire to void. There were significantly lower compliance of bladder and longer duration from onset to examination in the sensory preservation group than the nonpreservation group (p<0.05). There were no significant difference in clinical features such as voiding method, the presence of autonomic dysreflexia between each group. CONCLUSION: The presence of desire to void was noted in 31.6% of complete SCI patients observed.
