title: Urethral dilation in the management of urological complications of myelodysplasia.
abstract: Urethral dilation was performed in 11 of 65 myelodysplastic children with high intravesical pressures. These 11 children had persistent bladder pressure elevations uncontrolled by intermittent catheterization and anticholinergic agents. After dilation intravesical pressures decreased, and upper tract function and measured bladder compliance improved. No discernible effect on continence function occurred. The procedure appears to be a safe alternative to temporary vesicostomy in myelodysplastic children with high intravesical pressures that cannot be controlled by intermittent catheterization and anticholinergic agents.
authors: Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
authors: S C
authors: SC
authors: Wang
authors: E J
authors: EJ
authors: McGuire
authors: D A
authors: DA
authors: Bloom
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004106:Dilatation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000150:complications*; D011312:Pressure; D014521:Urethra; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy