Long-Term Followup of Spinal Cord Injury Patients Managed by Intermittent Catheterization

Abstract

Intermittent catheterization was used for permanent management in 41 patients with neurogenic vesical dysfunction. Patients with reflex and areflexic vesical dysfunction were managed satisfactorily by the technique. Positive urine cultures were relatively infrequent, febrile urinary tract infections were rare and upper urinary tract function was stable.