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INTERMITTENT NON‐STERILE CATHETERIZATION OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM SPINA BIFIDA: AN ALTERNATIVE TO URINARY DIVERSION
Author(s) -
Mcilroy Russell F.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1977.tb06618.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spina bifida , urinary diversion , urinary system , urinary incontinence , clean intermittent catheterization , urinary catheterization , surgery , pediatrics , cystectomy , cancer , bladder cancer
Ten children suffering from spina bifida with recurrent urinary tract infections and incontinence have been treated by intermittent non‐sterile catheterization both at home and at school. Six have shown improvement in both infection rate and incontinence. Two have undergone urinary diversion, and two have had an equivocal result.