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Pre- and postoperative urodynamic and anorectal manometric findings in children operated upon for a primary tethered cord.
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Pre- and postoperative urodynamic and anorectal manometric findings in children operated upon for a primary tethered cord.

  • 1993-10-01
Published in:
  • European journal of pediatric surgery : official journal of Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery ... [et al] = Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie. - 1993
Adolescent
Anal Canal
Child
Child, Preschool
Fecal Incontinence
Female
Humans
Infant
Lipoma
Male
Manometry
Neurologic Examination
Postoperative Complications
Spina Bifida Occulta
Spinal Cord
Spinal Cord Neoplasms
Urinary Incontinence
Urodynamics
English The aim of the study was to assess the sensitivity of both urodynamics and anorectal manometry in detecting neurological signs in children with a primary tethered cord. Between 1989 and 1991, 9 children were operated upon for untethering of primary tethered cord in Lausanne. Both manometric studies were performed by the same team preoperatively and 6 months after surgery. Gaeltec catheters with micro-tip transducers were used with a standardized method. Preoperative manometric findings were pathological in 4 children without clinical signs of bladder dysfunction and in 3 without clinical fecal disorders. Postoperatively, bladder dysfunction regressed in one child and fecal disorders in another. Manometric findings remained nevertheless pathological. The authors held both urodynamics and anorectal manometry as mandatory for preoperative evaluation as well as for the postoperative monitoring of children with primary tethered cord.
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  • English
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