Patients with neuropathic bladder dysfunction are prone to develop repeated bladder
infections. In the past, ascending infection resulting in chronic pyelonephritis has frequently …

During a 28-month interval 70 spinal cord injury patients in the initial rehabilitation
hospitalization underwent 5,052 days of intermittent catheterization. Intermittent …

A total of 56 male spinal cord injury patients on condom catheter drainage was studied
prospectively within 6 months of the injuries for 5 years. Low bladder pressures (filling …

Urinary tract infections (UTI) are a major source of morbidity in persons with spinal cord
injury (SCI), often prolonging hospitalization, interfering with rehabilitation, and leading to …

Objective: To investigate the usefulness of performing routine urine cultures in veterans with
spinal cord injury (SC I) who come for annual evaluation. Research Design/Participants …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) produces profound alterations in lower urinary tract function.
Incontinence, elevated intravesical pressure, reflux, stones, and neurological obstruction …

One hundred eighteen patients consecutively admitted to a University Rehabilitation
Program entered a protocol study of urologic management. Bladder pressures were kept …

Various options exist for the management of the lower urinary tract in chronic spinal cord
injury. These options include chronic indwelling catheterization, urethral sphincterotomy …

Abstract Objectives and Methods: The literature on prevention and therapy of urinary tract
infection (UTI) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) was reviewed using 3 levels of …

The ideal goal of preventing or eradicating bacteriuria or infection in patients with a
neurogenic bladder has not been attainable. Terminology and definitions are important in …