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Development of the urodynamic pattern in infants with myelomeningocele
Author(s) -
Sillén U.,
Hansson E.,
Hermansson G.,
Hjälmås K.,
Jacobsson B.,
Jodal U.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1996.14417.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cystometry , reflux , anesthesia , contractility , urinary system , urology , urinary bladder , surgery , disease
Objective To study changes in the urodynamic pattern during the first year of life in patients with myelomeningocele (MMC) and to correlate these to deleterious effects on the upper urinary tract. Patients methods Thirty‐four infants with MMC were investigated using cystometry, micturating cysto‐urethrography and urography at 1, 4 and 10 months of age. Results Detrusor contractility was characterized by an increase in activity, with hyper‐reflexia in 45% initially, increasing to 65% at the 4‐month investigation. During the same period, the number of infants with areflexia decreased from 25% to 12%. Between 4 and 10 months, there were only minor changes in detrusor contractility. The number of patients with poorly compliant bladders also increased between the first and fourth month. The number of patients with elevated outlet resistance increased only slightly during the first year, from 32% of all infants at the initial investigation to 40% at the 10‐month follow‐up. Vesico‐ureteric reflux was detected in 12 of the patients during the year, with five already diagnosed at the first investigation. Almost all refluxes were cured with clean intermittent catheterization, with additional pharmacological therapy in two patients; one patient required a vesicostomy. Conclusions This study indicates that detrusor activity, and to some extent outlet resistance, change during the first year of life in infants with MMC. The changes were mainly increases in activity and occurred mostly between the first and fourth months of age. There was a strong correlation between the occurrence of reflux and poor compliance, hypercontractility and outlet obstruction.