Bladder retraining of paraplegic women.
Forty-six women with neurogenic bladder dysfunctions attempted bladder retraining. Thirty-one (67%) were successful in reducing residual urine volume to less than 150ml an incontinence to nonsignificant amounts. Success was not dependent upon age, duration of previous indwelling catheterization, type of neurogenic bladder dysfunction, previous incontinence grades, bladder capacity, peak intraurethral pressure, or use of neuroactive drug, but was inversely correlated with the number of urinary tract infections occurring during bladder retraining (p less than 0.05).
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications*; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000517:prevention & control; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*