title: The outcome of urological findings in operated tethered cord patients.
abstract: We studied the urological aspects of the tethered cord syndrome before and after untethering. Presenting urological symptoms include incontinence in 10 (38%), voiding difficulty in 8 (30%), stool soilage in 7 (27%), pollakiuria in 8 (30%) and urgency and symptomatic urinary tract infection in 9 patients (34%). All patients had presacral skin lesion. In all cases cystometric study was done preoperatively and postoperatively. In this study, we noted that the overall clinical symptomatology and urodynamic parameters improved in 67.0% and 49.0%, respectively. Although no patient became normal after surgery, we found better improvement in patients treated promptly by neurosurgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Urology, Ankara Numune Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Başar
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aydoğanli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yüksel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Başar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Akdemir
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaptanoğlu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014563:Urodynamics; D014567:Urography; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology