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Manual expression of the bladder following spinal injury is unsatisfactory since it is followed by dilatation of the upper urinary tracts, the spontaneous development of cystitis and an apparently increased incidence of deep vein thrombosis. Our results differ from those of Golding (1968) and we feel that this technique should be discarded.
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Smith, P., Cook, J. & Rhind, J. Manual expression of the bladder following spinal injury. Spinal Cord 9, 213–218 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1971.35
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