URODYNAMIC BLADDER PATTERNS IN SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS

• Published in: Pakistan Armed Forces medical journal no. 4; p. 581
• Main Authors: Aziz, Tariq, Khan, Atif Ahmed, Iqbal, Sara, Aziz, Usman, Jilani, Saira, Ayyub, Aisha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rawalpindi Knowledge Bylanes 31.08.2017; AsiaNet Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd
• Subjects: Bladder; Classification; Patients; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Studies; Urinary tract infections; Urogenital system; Pakistan; Rawalpindi Pakistan; United States > US
• ISSN: 0030-9648; 2411-8842

According to National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC) of United States (U.S.) the annual incidence of SCI is approximately 54 cases per million population or approximately 17,000 new cases each year and prevalence is approximately 282,000 persons2. According to ASIA impairment scale classification most of the patients i.e. 102 (72.9%) were in ASIA A (fig-2). According to the latest statistics from NSCISC of U.S.2, the average age at injury is 42 years and our study shows that the mean age was 40.7 ± 11 years. Wyndaele JJ and others concluded that clinical neurological examination alone is inadequate to predict type of NB dysfunction especially in the setting of combined supra-sacral and sacral injuries16-18. [...]the old fashioned way of according to the NSCISC statistics of U.S.2, is RTA in 38%, and so was in our study where RTA was the etiology of SCI in 47.9% but according to our results acts of violence (blast injuries and gunshot injuries) account for a greater percentage of patients (13.6% and 10.7% respectively) as compared to NSCISC statistics of U.S.2 according to which acts of violence (gunshot wounds) in account for the etiology in 14%.