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The Association of Bladder Dysfunction with Degenerative Lumbar Spondylosis
Author(s) -
SHARR M. M.,
GARFIELD J. S.,
JENKINS J. D.
Publication year - 1973
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.1973.tb12232.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laminectomy , lumbar , cervical spondylosis , surgery , degenerative disease , urinary system , degenerative disorder , central nervous system disease , disease , spinal cord , pathology , alternative medicine , psychiatry
Summary 17 patients with urinary symptoms caused by degenerative lumbar spondylosis are described. tween urologists and neurosurgeons in the selection of cases for surgery is stressed. Treatment has been lumbar laminectomy in all patients. The need for close co‐operation between urologists and neurosurgeons in the selection of cases for surgery is stressed. Laminectomy has produced relief of urinary symptoms in 13 of 17 patients. Degenerative lumbar spondylosis is an important cause of bladder dysfunction and should be considered in any patient in whom a local disorder has been excluded, even in the absence of significant neurological deficit.