title: Micturitional disturbance in ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the cervical spine.
abstract: Neurourological studies were performed on 39 patients with cervical myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Micturitional history revealed that 30 patients (77%) had voiding symptoms: obstructive in 8, irritative in 11, and both obstructive and irritative symptoms in 11. Ten patients had urge incontinence and 4 had urinary retention. Urodynamic studies revealed that 7 of 19 had abnormal uroflowmetrogram, 16 of 35 had residual urine, 18 of 39 had detrusor hyperreflexia, and 10 of 39 had detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia. There were no statistical differences in lower extremity neurological signs in patients with incontinence, and patients with residual urine or urinary retention.
authors: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Hattori
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Yasuda
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Sakakibara
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Yamanishi
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Kitahara
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Hirayama
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008022:Ligaments / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology