Factors Associated With Renal and Urological Complications in Patients Suffering From Spinal Cord Injuries During Subsequent Years of Post-Injury | Zendy

Banafshe Dormanesh | Zendy; Mohammad Khak | Zendy; Vafa RahimiMovaghar | Zendy

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Factors Associated With Renal and Urological Complications in Patients Suffering From Spinal Cord Injuries During Subsequent Years of Post-Injury

Author(s) -

Banafshe Dormanesh,

Mohammad Khak,

Vafa RahimiMovaghar

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of archives in military medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2345-5063

pISSN - 2345-5071

DOI - 10.5812/jamm.14933

Subject(s) - medicine , hydronephrosis , spinal cord injury , urinary system , lumbar , confounding , intensive care medicine , surgery , spinal cord , psychiatry

(40%) of the patients among which 286 (4.8%) had chronic renal failure, 127 (2.2%) from hydronephrosis, 307 (5.2%) from nephrolithiasis and 2138 (36.2%) from urinary tract infection. Generally, renal and urological complications associated with old age, and more time since SCI; however, lumbar level of injury and living in rural area negatively correlated with renal and urological complications. Conclusions: SCI patients with and without renal and urological complications are different regarding demographic and environmental factors; hence, it is necessary to determine the modifiable risk factors in to design preventive programs.

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