J Korean Continence Soc.  2003 Jun;7(1):37-42.

The Video-Urodynamic Findings of Spinal Cord Injury Patients according to the Injured Level

• Yang JH
• Lee SM
• Ahn JH
• Jeoung JK
• Lee T

Abstract

PURPOSE
Spinal cord injuries can lead to varying degrees and patterns of neurologic deficits, which depend on the level of the injury, duration, completeness. So we analyzed the relationship between the types of neurogenic bladder and the level of injury in the spinal cord injury.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
From June 1997 to August 2002, one-hundred twenty seven spinal cord injury patients were studied by neurological and urological examination and video-urodynamic evaluation. The neurogenic bladder in spinal cord injury were analyzed into five types according to the injured level.
RESULTS
The 94 males and 33 females had a mean age of 45.7+/-15.1 years (range 15 to 92). Mean follow up interval after injury was 33.9+/-48.4 months. Injured level was classified into five levels; cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral. Of the 127 patients 37 (29.1%) was cervical, 18 (14.2%) was thoracic, 33 (26.0%) was lumbar, and 39 (30.7%) was sacral. When all patients were divided suprasacral and infrasacral lesion. Typically, suprasacral lesions show detrusor hyperreflexia, and infrasacral lesions have detrusor areflexia. 30 (37.5%) of 88 suprasacral lesions and 12 (30.8%) of 39 infrasacral lesions were presented to atypical. 35.7% of patients have combine spinal lesion, but 47.6% of patients have no causes for atypical patterns. 3 (27.3%) of 11 patients were followed up, they changed neurogenic pattern.
CONCLUSIONS
In our results, video urodynamic findings showed that about 30 percent patients had atypical patterns of neurogenic bladder, and they have underlying disease about 52.4%. And 27% of followed patients changed neurogenic pattern of bladder. So, urodynamic study have an important role in the spinal cord injury for diagnosis of neurogenic pattern and selection proper treatment, catching out the interval change and correction of treatment method, and evaluation of prognosis.

Keyword

Spinal cord injury; Urodynamics; Neurogenic bladder

MeSH Terms

Diagnosis
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Neurologic Manifestations
Prognosis
Reflex, Abnormal
Spinal Cord Injuries*
Urinary Bladder
Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic
Urodynamics