Severe handicap in spina bifida: no bar to intermittent self catheterisation.
The practicability of introducing clean intermittent self catheterisation to 24 severely handicapped children with spina bifida was studied. Twenty one children achieved complete or nearly complete continence, which was sustained successfully in 14. The difficulties they overcame and the reasons for failure are analysed.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012648:Self Care; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization