Bladder pressure and kidney function in children with myelomeningocoele: review article.
Therapy of children with myelomeningocoele should achieve a double goal: on the one hand, obtain continence and, on the other hand, preserve kidney function without complications. The first goal is a social and psychological one, the latter is a vital one.
Vereecken
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Department of Urology, St-Pieter University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011312:Pressure; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*