title: Experience with the Kropp anti-incontinence procedure.
abstract: The experience of 2 surgeons working independently at separate institutions is reported to demonstrate the use of the Kropp urethral lengthening and implantation procedure. This experience includes 18 patients between 6 and 19 years old (median age 11.6 years) with neurogenic bladder dysfunction. The etiology of the neuropathic bladder was myelodysplasia in 16 patients and sacral agenesis in 2. There were 10 boys and 8 girls. All patients had failed trials of clean intermittent catheterization with adjunctive pharmacological manipulation. Incontinence was a significant social problem. Of the 18 patients 2 had undergone prior urinary diversion and the Kropp procedure was used as part of undiversion. One patient had had 2 previous failed attempts at continence using an artificial urinary sphincter. Augmentation cystoplasty was an adjunctive maneuver in 14 patients; ileum was used in 8, sigmoid in 4 and the ileocecum in 2 (both of whom had been diverted previously). The bladder capacity in the 4 patients in whom augmentation was not performed ranged from 200 to 450 ml. Of the 18 patients 17 achieved a good result and 14 were considered to have achieved an excellent result. The 1 failure is the patient who previously had failed to gain control with an artificial sphincter. Of the 4 patients who did not undergo bladder augmentation 3 required adjunctive anticholinergics to achieve continence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20010.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Belman
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000150:complications; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*