title: Neurogenic vesico-urethral dysfunction in children with cerebral palsy.
abstract: 20 children with severe cerebral palsy and history of urinary incontinence and recurrent urinary infection underwent radio--and neuro-urologic evaluation. Vesico-ureteral reflux was found in 7 patients. In 9, who had presented episodes of urine sub-retention, a urodynamic study demonstrated detrusor muscle hyperreflexia in all, deficit of vesicourethral sensation in 5 and detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia in 2. These functional findings are compatible with an upper motor neuron lesion, and may be the cause of episodes of altered bladder emptying, and consequently, urinary infection.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Pediatria, Università di Padova.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Drigo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Seren
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Artibani
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Laverda
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Battistella
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zacchello
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014521:Urethra / Q000503:physiopathology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology