Abstract
Sixty-four male patients were treated with intermittent catheterisation. Of this group, 62 per cent were between the ages of 15 and 35 years old. Twenty-six patients underwent intermittent catheterisation within the first month after injury and the same number began the programme two to 12 months after injury. The remaining 12 patients did not begin the bladder-training programme until at least one year after injury.
It appears that the chronological age of the patient seems to be a more significant factor in achieving a balanced bladder than the level of the spinal cord lesion, the completeness or incompleteness of the lesion, or the length of time from trauma to the initiation of intermittent catheterisation.
Similar content being viewed by others
Log in or create a free account to read this content
Gain free access to this article, as well as selected content from this journal and more on nature.com
or
References
Bors, E (1967). Intermittent catheterization in paraplegic patients. Urol. Int. 22, 236–249.
Bors, E & Comarr, A (1971). Neurological Urology. Basel: S. Karger.
Comarr, A (1972). Intermittent catheterization for the traumatic cord bladder patient. J. Urol. 108, 79–81.
Comarr, A (1965). Management of the traumatic cord bladder today. Urol. Int. 20, 1–11.
Frankel, H (1971). Development of the method of intermittent catheterization in the treatment of the bladder in acute paraplegia. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Veterans Administration Spinal Cord Injury Conference, Boston, October 5-7, 132–139.
Guttmann, L Intermittent catheterization (in Official Medical History of World War II, Vol. Surgery, p. 465; H. M.Stationery Office, London).
Guttmann, L & Frankel, H (1966). The value of intermittent catheterization in the early management of traumatic paraplegia and tetraplegia. Int. J. Paraplegia, 4, 63–84.
Hardy, A (1966). Experiences with intermittent catheterization in acute paraplegia. Med. Serv. J. Canada, 22, 538–544.
Lapides, J, Diokno, A, Silber, S & Lowe, B (1972). Clean, intermittent self-catheterization in the treatment of urinary tract disease. J. Urol. 107, 458–461.
Lapides, J, Diokno, A, Lowe, B & Kalish, M (1974). Followup on unsterile, intermittent self-catheterization. J. Urol, 111, 184–187.
Nyquist, R H & Bors, E (1967). Mortality and survival in traumatic myelopathy—19 years from 1946 to 1965. Int. J. Paraplegia, 5, 22–47.
Ott, R & Rossier, A (1971). The importance of intermittent catheterization in bladder reeducation of acute traumatic spinal cord lesions. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Veterans Administration Spinal Cord Injury Conference, Boston, October 5-7, 139–148.
Pearman, J & England, E (1973). The Urological Management of the Patient Following Spinal Cord Injury. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas.
Perkash, I (1974). Intermittent catheterization: the urologist's point of view. J. Urol. 111, 356–360.
Walsh, J (1968). Further experience with intermittent catheterization. Int. J. Paraplegia, 6, 74–78.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
This project was supported in part by Social and Rehabilitation Service Research and Demonstration Grant No: 13-P-55258/9.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Vivian, J., Bors, E. Experience with intermittent catheterisation in the southwest regional system for treatment of spinal injury. Spinal Cord 12, 158–166 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1974.25
Issue date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1974.25
This article is cited by
-
Spinal cord injuries associated with vertebral fractures and dislocations
Archives of Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery (1979)
