Urologic complications after surgery on lumbosacral spine.
Forty-five of 74 patients (60%) postsurgery for disk disease showed findings of neurogenic bladders. Sixty-nine of these patients had no complaints before surgery and presented with complaints only after surgery. We believe this is a high surgical morbidity, and all patients should have a presurgical urodynamic diagnostic evaluation to aid in selection of patients in whom surgery will be most helpful and to establish a presurgical baseline for further postsurgical urodynamic comparison.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000601:surgery; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012447:Sacrum / Q000601:surgery*; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014563:Urodynamics