Evaluation and Treatment of the Neurogenic Bladder provides the examining physician with excellent guidelines for conducting thorough, efficient, and beneficial examinations of both adults and children using a variety of instruments and tests

Contents

Evaluation of Neurogenic Bladder Dysfuction

• Clinical Evaluation: History and Physical Examination
• Quality of Life Assessment in Neurogenic Bladder
• The Voiding Diary
• The Pad Test
• Endoscopic Evaluation of Neurogenic Bladder
• Imaging Techniques in the Evaluation of Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
• Normal Urodynamic Parameters in Children
• Evaluation of Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction: Basic Urodynamics
• Urodynamics in Infants and Children
• Electrophysiological Evaluation: Basic Principles and Clinical Applications
• Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Follow-up of Patients with Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction

Classification

• Classification of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction

Treatment

• Conservative Treatment
• Systemic and Intrathecal Pharmacological Treatment
• Intravesical Pharmacological Treatment
• Transdermal Oxybutynin Administration
• Management of Autonomic Dysreflexia
• Peripheral Electrical Stimulation
• Emptying the Neurogenic Bladder by Electrical Stimulation
• Central Neuromodulation
• Intravesical Electrical Stimulation of the Bladder
• Surgery to Improve Reservoir Function
• Surgery to Improve Bladder Outlet Function
• Urinary Diversion
• Tissue Engineering Applications for Patients with Neurogenic Bladder
• Restoration of Complete Bladder Function by Neurostimulation
• Neuroprotection and Repair after Spinal Cord Injury

Synthesis of Treatment

• Treatment Alternatives for Different Types of Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction in Adults
• Treatment Alternatives for Different Types of Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction in Children
• The Vesicourethral Balance

Complications

• Complications Related to Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction - I: Infection, Lithiasis and Neoplasia
• Complications Related to Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction - II: Reflux and Renal Insufficiency

Index

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