Pediatric Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction offers a leading international reference on the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to the pediatric patient with urinary problems due to spinal cord pathologies.
Contents
The Normal Lower Urinary Tract
- Embryology and Anatomy of the Excretory Urinary Tract
- Physiology of Lower Urinary Tract
Functional Pathophysiology of the Lower Urinary Tract
- Epidemiology of Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction in Children
- Pathophysiology of Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
Pathologies Responsible for the Development of NBD
- Genetic Risk Factors for Neural Tube Effects: Folic Acid Supplementation and Prevention of Birth Defects
- Developmental Anomalies Responsible for Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
- Neurologic Bladder in Neuropathies
- Pediatric Intraspinal Lesions
- Spinal Cord Injuries and Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
- Neurogenic Bladder and Anorectal Malformations
- Neurogenic Bladder in Infections of the Nervous System
Evaluation and Classification of NBD
- Clinical Diagnosis and Evaluation
- The Voiding Diary
- Imaging Techniques in Pediatric Patients with Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
- The Role of Renal Scintigraphy in the Management of Children with Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
- Urodynamics
- Electrophysiology
- Endoscopy
- Simplified Approach and Practical Classification
Conservative Treatment
- Clean Intermittent Catheterization
- Pharmacological Therapy in Neuropathic Bladder
- Pelvic Floor Therapy
- Sacral Nerve Stimulation
- Botulinum Toxin Injections to Treat Neurogenic Bladder-Sphincter Dysfunction in Pediatric Patients
Surgical Treatment
- Endoscopic Approach to Urinary Incontinence in Pediatric Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
- Sling Procedures for Neuropathic Sphincter Incontinence
- Bladder Neck Reconstructions in Children with Neurogenic Bladder
- Artificial Urinary Sphincter
- Enterocystoplasty
- Gastrocystoplasty
- Laparoscopic-Assisted Augmentation Ureterocystoplasty
- The Mitrofanoff Principles in Urinary Reconstruction in Children
- Management of Constipation in Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
- The Antegrade Continence Enema Procedure: Long-Term Results
- Neurosurgical Treatment of Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
- Management of Orthopedic Problems in Pediatric Patients with Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
- Fetal Surgery for Myelomeningocele
Complications
- Infectious Complications of Neurogenic Bladder in Children
- Bladder Calculi in the Pediatric Augmented Bladder: Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies
- Neurologic Bladder Dysfunction: A Condition at Increased Risk of Bladder Malignancy?
- Renal Failure and Neurogenic Bladder
- Sexuality in Young People with Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
- Metabolic Consequences and Long-Term Complications of Enterocystoplasty in Children
- Latex Allergy in Patients with Spina Bifida
Prognosis
- Congenital Neuropathic Bladder Dysfunction: Diagnostics and Prevention of Complications
- Neuropathic Bladder Dysfunction and Quality of Life
- Measuring Quality of Life in Adolescent and Young Adult with Spina Bifida: Usefulness for Physicians Involved in Incontinence Management
- Follow-up in Children with Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
- Follow-up in Children with Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
- Associations of People affected by Spina Bifida and Their Families
Index
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