Open AccessRECURRENT URINARY INCONTINENCE TREATED NEUROSURGICALLY
Author(s) -
Walter Steen,
Hald Tage,
Nordling Jôrgen,
Buhl Jens,
Astrup Aage
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348009160089
Subject(s) - medicine , cystometry , urinary incontinence , paresis , hyperreflexia , surgery , myelography , neurogenic bladder dysfunction , urology , urinary bladder , spinal cord , psychiatry
. Neurogenic bladder dysfunction can be difficult to manage and is usually impossible to cure. This case report describes neurosurgical treatment of a case of recurrent urinary incontinence in a 56 years old woman who was previously treated on four occasions with vaginal repair operations with no beneficial effect. Cystometry revealed detrusor hyperreflexia (supranuclear bladder paresis). Myelography demonstrated cervical spinal cord compression. She was treated with spondylodesis of the cervical spine with complete relief of incontinence. 18 months postoperative cystometry was normal and after three years she was free of symptoms.