Neurourological complications in patients with myelodisplasia

• Main Authors: Sümeyye Çoruh Kaplan, Cüneyt Göçmez, Mansur Dağgülli
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dicle University Medical School 2014-03-01
• Series: Dicle Medical Journal
• Subjects: Spina bifida; spinal dysraphism; urinary incontinence
• Online Access: http://www.diclemedj.org/upload/sayi/31/Dicle%20Med%20J-01959.pdf

Spina bifida is a frequently seen congenital anomaly which is compatible with life. During the embryological period the defects in the closure of neural tube leads to open or closed spinal dysraphism. At the present day with the improving neurochirurgical techniques, the patients multidisciplinary follow-ups became important as a matter of the health quality. To prevent and to determine the urological complications some approaches became standardized. In the long term period all accompanying pathologies have to be beared in the mind in addition to neurosurgical prognosis and the patients must have to be guided indeed. The aim of this review is to look over the urological problems and the last studies about these problems in spina bifida patients.