Fate of Patients Started on Clean Intermittent Self-Catheterization Therapy 10 Years Ago
- 1 June 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 129 (6), 1120-1121
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)52599-9
Abstract
Patients (60), placed on a clean intermittent catheterization program > 10 yr ago, were evaluated to determine their outcome. To date 27 patients still are performing self-catheterization, the procedure was discontinued in 18; 15 were lost to followup. No patient had deterioration in renal function. Prior incontinence was alleviated completely in 10 of the 27 patients still on the program and 10 of the 18 patients no longer on catheterization have returned to normal voiding. Clean intermittent catheterization is an effective treatment modality in properly selected patients, with few complications and excellent long-term results.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
- Fate of Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children with Neuropathic Bladders Managed by Intermittent CatheterizationJournal of Urology, 1981
- Bladder Calculi Complicating Intermittent CatheterizationJournal of Urology, 1980
- Self-catheterization for Decompensated Bladder: A Review of 100 CasesJournal of Urology, 1979
- Clean Intermittent Catheterization in ChildrenJournal of Urology, 1979
- Further Observations on Self-catheterizationJournal of Urology, 1976
- Experience with Non-sterile, Intermittent Self-CatheterizationJournal of Urology, 1976
- Intermittent Catheterization Rather than Urinary Diversion in Children with MeningomyeloceleJournal of Urology, 1975
- Followup on Unsterile, Intermittent Self-CatheterizationJournal of Urology, 1974
- Clean, Intermittent Self-Catheterization in the Treatment of Urinary Tract DiseaseJournal of Urology, 1972
- Primary Cause and Treatment of Recurrent Urinary Infection in Women: Preliminary ReportJournal of Urology, 1968