Micturitional disturbance in cervical spondylotic myelopathy.
Neurourological studies were performed on 37 patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Micturitional history revealed that 30 patients (81%) had voiding symptoms: obstructive in 14, irritative in 5, and both symptoms in 11. Urodynamic studies revealed that 9 of 20 had abnormal uroflowmetrogram, 17 of 37 had residual urine, 14 of 37 had detrusor hyperreflexia, and 6 of 37 had detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia. There were no statistical differences in lower extremity neurological signs in patients with or without residual urine.
Hattori
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Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan.
Sakakibara
R
R
Yasuda
K
K
Murayama
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N
Hirayama
K
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000150:complications*; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014563:Urodynamics