Voiding disorders in patients with cerebrovascular disease

Funct Neurol. 1992 Jan-Feb;7(1):47-9.

Abstract

Eighty patients affected by ischemic cerebrovascular disease (ICVD) in stable conditions were studied: brain CT scan was performed in all patients to evaluate site/extension of brain injury, while urodynamic tests were employed in those patients who showed urinary bladder symptomatology (n = 30). Twenty-six complained of urgency and urge incontinence, only 4 patients showed urinary retention. Micturition abnormalities seem to occur mostly in patients with multiple infarcts and cerebral atrophy and particularly among those with bilateral lesions.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brain Ischemia / complications*
  • Brain Ischemia / physiopathology
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiopathology
  • Cerebral Infarction / complications
  • Cerebral Infarction / physiopathology
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Urinary Bladder / innervation
  • Urinary Incontinence / etiology
  • Urinary Incontinence / physiopathology
  • Urinary Retention / etiology
  • Urinary Retention / physiopathology
  • Urination Disorders / etiology*
  • Urination Disorders / physiopathology
  • Urodynamics / physiology