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UROLOGICAL MANAGEMENT DURING THE INITIAL PHASE OF TRAUMATIC PARAPLEGIA 1
Author(s) -
BAND DAVID
Publication year - 1961
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 - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1961.tb11629.x
Subject(s) - cystometry , medicine , paraplegia , catheter , intensive care unit , intensive care medicine , surgery , spinal cord , urinary bladder , psychiatry
SUMMARY The physiological and clinical basis for the use of continuous urethral catheter drainage in the initial management of traumatic paraplegia is presented, and the application of the method is described in detail. The value of cystometry as a guide to the correct use of a catheter regime is illustrated. The results of this method of management in a small group of patients are summarised. I would like to acknowledge the skill and care exercised by Mr G. F. Murnaghan in the urological management of the patients in the Spinal Injuries Unit at Edenhall Hospital.