ArticleSpinal cord2021
Bladder management, severity of injury and period of latency: a descriptive study on 135 patients with spinal cord injury and bladder cancer.
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- Clinical characteristics and molecular mechanisms underlying bladder cancer in individuals with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.BMC urology · 2024Pooled it
- Decision-making algorithm for difficult intermittent self-catheterization: construction and validation using the Delphi method.World journal of urology · 2025Article
- [Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction following spinal cord injury].Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Perioperative Complications and In-Hospital Mortality in Paraplegic Radical Cystectomy Patients.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- ASO Author Reflections: Insight of In-Hospital Outcomes for Paraplegia Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Evidence based clinical practice guideline for follow-up care in persons with spinal cord injury.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2024Review
- [Occupation-related cancer in urology-Current knowledge including environmental medical aspects].Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022Review
- Incidence of bladder cancer in neuro-urological patients in France: a nationwide study.World journal of urology · 2022Article
- Editorial special edition neuro-urology.Spinal cord · 2021Article
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Abstract
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designLongitudinal study.
objectivesTo describe the severity of spinal cord injury/disease (SCI/D), type and management of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction, tumor characteristics, and bladder cancer latency period in SCI/D patients.
settingSpinal cord injury centers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
methodsData of SCI/D patients diagnosed with bladder cancer were collected between Jan 2012-Dec 2019 in the course of annual surveys in the neuro-urological departments of all 28 centers. Demographic and paralysis-specific data, data on the type and management of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction, and histopathological tumor characteristics were collected.
resultsRegarding histopathological tumor characteristics, no significant differences were found in 135 individuals with SCI/D when stratified for bladder management without chronic catheterization, SCI/D severity, and ASIA classification. The mean latency period between the onset of SCI/D and the diagnosis of bladder cancer was significantly longer in patients with catheter-free emptying methods compared to patients with intermittent catheterization, and in patients with LMNL (Lower Motor Neuron Lesion) compared to patients with UMNL (Upper Motor Neuron Lesion).
conclusionsUrinary bladder carcinomas are late events in the long-term course of SCI/D. Follow-up and approaches to screening must therefore be intensified with increasing duration of long-term SCI.
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