Urologic Management of the Spinal Cord Injured Patient
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2018-10
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en
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Springer Verlag
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In this issue of the World Journal of Urology we present a
condensed summary of the 2016 joint Consultation of the
Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU) and the International Consultation for Urologic Disease (ICUD) on the Urologic Management of the Spinal Cord Injured Patient (SCI).
This is a complex, poorly understood and often-neglected
topic. It is challenging because it compromises not only the
physical sphere of the patient, but also severely afects the
afective, social, economic and occupational sphere, presenting a formidable challenge of rehabilitation.
A few decades ago, urologic complications, mainly
renal failure and urosepsis, accounted for the majority of
long-term deaths after SCI. The advent of urodynamics and
intermittent catheterization and signifcant advances in both
medical and surgical therapy has dramatically altered the
course of disease. However, despite these advances, there
is a widespread lack of knowledge around the world about
the best management of these patients, and the quality of
care is defcient even in many developed countries. We all
encounter these patients in our practice, yet we lack a central
repository for the body of information on this topic. This
SIU-ICUD consultation seeks to fll that gap...
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Global Health, Humans, Patient Care Management, Spinal Cord Injuries, Urologic Diseases
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World Journal of Urology Volume 36, Issue 10, Pages 1515 - 15161 October 2018
DOI
10.1007/s00345-018-2467-4