title: The surgical management of urinary incontinence in myelodysplastic children.
abstract: Over a 4-year period, 69 patients with intractable urinary incontinence secondary to myelodysplasia have undergone surgical therapy to try to achieve continence. Preoperative evaluation used uroradiological and urodynamic studies, including measurement of leak point pressure and leak point volume. Twenty-one patients had a procedure to increase outlet resistance, 30 patients had bladder augmentation, and 18 patients had both procedures performed. Fifty-seven of the 69 patients have achieved total continence for a success rate of 83%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Montreal Children's Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Pike
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berardinucci
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hamburger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kiruluta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000150:complications*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012086:Reoperation; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*