[Efficacy of Botulinum-A toxin injection into bladder to treat neurogenic incontinence in patients with spinal cord injury: comparison of two doses].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the efficacy of Botulinum-A toxin injection into bladder to treat neurogenic incontinence in patients with spinal cord injury and compare effectiveness of two different doses (200 U and 300 U).


METHODS
Between January 2009 and October 2014, A total of 60 adult patients with spinal cord injury above the sacral (mean age, 32 years; male 56, female 4) were selected in Beijing Bo'ai Hospital of China Rehabilitation Research Center. All the patients kept voiding diary and underwent urodynamic examination before operation. All the patients were allocated with a random number table into 200 U Botulinum-A toxin injection group or 300 U group (both n=30). In the 200 U group, 200 U of Botulinum-A toxin were dissolved in 10 ml of normal saline, which was injected into 20 different sites (0.5 ml for each site) of bladder wall, including 10 outside the bladder trigone and the remaining 10 inside trigone. In the 300 U group, 300 U of Botulinum-A toxin were dissolved in 15 ml of normal saline, which was injected into 30 different sites (0.5 ml for each site) in bladder outside of the bladder trigone using a flexible cystoscopic needle. The evaluation of the effects and follow-up included voiding diary, urodynamic testing and observation of adverse and toxic effects.


RESULTS
At baseline, mean urinary incontinence frequencies were (15.2±3.2) episodes/day and (16.2±2.9) episodes/day in 200 U and 300 U group, which reduced to (2.9±1.2) episodes/day and (2.5±1.4) episodes/day, respectively in week 4 (P<0.05). However, continence rate was not significantly different between the two dose groups [63% (19/30) vs 70% (21/30), P>0.05]. The effect of botulinum-A toxin started to be observed from the 1(st) posttreatment week on average. Obvious improvements in maximum cystometric capacity, end-filling maximum detrusor pressure, and bladder compliance were observed at week 4 as shown by urodynamics (all P<0.05), but with no significant difference between the 200 U and 300 U groups. In the follow-up period of (6.3±1.2) months, no toxic or adverse effects were observed after injection in the two groups.


CONCLUSIONS
The regimen of Botulinum-A toxin 200 U injection involving trigone of the bladder can achieve a short-term effect comparable with that of the standard 300 U injection excluding trigone. It may be an effective and safe treatment for neurogenic incontinence in spinal cord injury patients.
Department of Urology, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing 100068, China.
Guang
G
Fu
Juan
J
Wu
Huiling
H
Cong
Lihua
L
Zha
Dong
D
Li
Yanhe
Y
Ju
Guoqing
G
Chen
Zhongsheng
Z
Xiong
Limin
L
Liao
D000328:Adult; D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D009465:Neuromuscular Agents; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases; D014549:Urinary Incontinence; D014554:Urination; D014563:Urodynamics
D009465:Neuromuscular Agents; D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A