Bladder rehabilitation with dorsal rhizotomy and ventral neuroprosthesis.
Two patients with severe neuropathic bladders were successfully treated with selective dorsal rhizotomy in conjunction with a ventral root neuroprosthesis. Both patients achieved stabilization of their renal function, continence, resolution of vesicoureteral reflux, and relief from indwelling urethral catheters. This alternative form of management avoids the complications of other operative approaches.
Baskin
L S
LS
Department of Urology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco 94143-0738.
Schmidt
R A
RA
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization