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Clinical Significance of Minimal Changes on Intravenous Urography after Spinal Cord Injury
Author(s) -
KUHLEMEIER K. V.,
LLOYD L. K.,
STOVER S. L.
Publication year - 1986
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.1986.tb09050.x
Subject(s) - spinal cord injury , intravenous urography , medicine , anesthesia , spinal cord , clinical significance , anatomy , urinary system , psychiatry
Summary— Evidence is given to support the thesis that minimal pyelocaliectasis and ureterectasis are of little clinical significance in spinal cord injured patients. Such renal changes almost always improve or remain stable on sequential examinations. Since moderate or severe pyelocaliectasis is usually detected by renal scintillation procedures, these findings support its use as a urinary tract screening examination along with an abdominal radiograph to detect calculi. The need for long‐term serial examination of the urinary tract in spinal cord injury is emphasised.