ReviewFrontiers in veterinary science2020
Bladder and Bowel Management in Dogs With Spinal Cord Injury.
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- Rational Use of Bethanechol in Dogs and Cats with Bladder Dysfunction.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
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- Assessment of the quality of life of cats affected by paraparesis/paraplegia and urinary retention, and their impact on caregivers.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Balloon compression-induced spinal cord injury in canines: a large animal model for spinal cord injury research.Journal of medicine and life · 2024Article
- Clinical Occurrences in the Neurorehabilitation of Dogs with Severe Spinal Cord Injury.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Neurogenic Bladder in Dogs, Cats and Humans: A Comparative Review of Neurological Diseases.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Augmentation cystoplasty in dogs: A comparative study of different tunica vaginalis grafts.Veterinary and animal science · 2022Article
- Canine Geriatric Rehabilitation: Considerations and Strategies for Assessment, Functional Scoring, and Follow Up.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Review
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- The Long-Term Clinical Course of Canine Degenerative Myelopathy and Therapeutic Potential of Curcumin.Veterinary sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Spinal cord injury in companion dogs can lead to urinary and fecal incontinence or retention, depending on the severity, and localization of the lesion along the canine nervous system. The bladder and gastrointestinal dysfunction caused by lesions of the autonomic system can be difficult to recognize, interpret and are easily overlooked. Nevertheless, it is crucial to maintain a high degree of awareness of the impact of micturition and defecation disturbances on the animal's condition, welfare and on the owner. The management of these disabilities is all the more challenging that the autonomic nervous system physiology is a complex topic. In this review, we propose to briefly remind the reader the physiology of micturition and defecation in dogs. We then present the bladder and gastrointestinal clinical signs associated with sacral lesions (i.e., the L7-S3 spinal cord segments and nerves) and supra-sacral lesions (i.e., cranial to the L7 spinal cord segment), largely in the context of intervertebral disc herniation. We summarize what is known about the natural recovery of urinary and fecal continence in dogs after spinal cord injury. In particular we review the incidence of urinary tract infection after injury. We finally explore the past and recent literature describing management of urinary and fecal dysfunction in the acute and chronic phase of spinal cord injury. This comprises medical therapies but importantly a number of surgical options, some known for decades such as sacral nerve stimulation, that might spark some interest in the field of spinal cord injury in companion dogs.
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