Pediatric Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction

Pediatric Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction ( Pediatric NBD) offers a leading international reference on the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to the pediatric patient with urinary problems due to spinal cord pathologies. It represents a unique guide for all the specialists involved in the management of this pathology. The aim is to help the reader to understand all the problems linked to this pathology as well as the comprehension of the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with the aid of the text, of the figures and of the videos, included in the DVD attached to the book. The contributors are international leading experts in clinical research and in surgical practice of this pathologic condition. All the aspects of NBD in children from the clinical and diagnostic evaluation to the pharmacological and surgical treatment are covered. Pediatric surgeons, pediatricians, general physicians and therapists will benefit from this clear, easy and up-to- date review of the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures adopted today. TOC:The Normal Lower Urinary Tract.- Functional Pathophysiology of the Lower Urinary Tract.- Pathologies Responsible for the Development of NBD.- Evaluation and Classification of NBD.- Conservative Treatment.- Surgical Treatment.- Complications.- Prognosis.- Subject Index.