Sex differences in urological management during spinal cord injury rehabilitation: results from a prospective multicenter longitudinal cohort study.

Study Design: Prospective, multicenter, longitudinal cohort study.

Objectives: To describe female-male differences in first-line urological management during spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation.

Setting: Inpatient specialized post-acute SCI rehabilitation in Switzerland.

Urological Management at Discharge from Acute Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation: A Descriptive Analysis from a Population-based Prospective Cohort.

Background: There is limited epidemiological evidence describing contemporary neuro-urological management of persons with acute spinal cord injury (SCI).

Objective: To describe neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD) management at discharge from SCI rehabilitation.

Design Setting And Participants: The population-based Swiss Spinal Cord Injury (SwiSCI) cohort study prospectively collected data from 602 adults undergoing specialized postacute SCI rehabilitation from 2013 to 2020.

TASCI-transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation in patients with acute spinal cord injury to prevent neurogenic detrusor overactivity: protocol for a nationwide, randomised, sham-controlled, double-blind clinical trial.

Introduction: Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD), including neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) and detrusor sphincter dyssynergia, is one of the most frequent and devastating sequelae of spinal cord injury (SCI), as it can lead to urinary incontinence and secondary damage such as renal failure. Transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS) is a promising, non-invasive neuromodulatory intervention that may prevent the emergence of the C-fibre evoked bladder reflexes that are thought to cause NDO. This paper presents the protocol for TTNS in acute SCI (TASCI), which will evaluate the efficacy of TTNS in preventing NDO.

Bladder emptying method is the primary determinant of urinary tract infections in patients with spinal cord injury: results from a prospective rehabilitation cohort study.

Objective: To understand the occurrence of and risk factors for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) undergoing specialized SCI rehabilitation in Switzerland.

Patients And Methods: This study used data collected from 369 patients, who participated in a nationwide rehabilitation cohort for SCI in Switzerland between 2013 and 2017. Information on UTIs as well as their potential determinants, including demographics, lesion characteristics, and time-updated data on functional independence and bladder management, was used.