Comparing the role of renal ultrasound vs MAG3 renal scans for evaluation of neurogenic bladder after spinal cord injury.

Objective: Compare ability of renal ultrasound and Tc-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) renal scan to identify upper urinary tract stasis.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Outpatient Neuro-urology clinic serving a large SCI population.

Gastric dysmotility after abdominal surgery in persons with cervical spinal cord injury: a case series.

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) has been found to affect the physiology of the gastrointestinal tract. Changes in gastric motility occur in tetraplegia because of dissociation of antral and duodenal motility. Among individuals with high-level tetraplegia, antral quiescence has been hypothesized as a manifestation of autonomic dysreflexia after surgery.

Autonomic nervous system dysfunction after spinal cord injury.

The autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays a key role in the regulation of many physiologic processes, mediated by supraspinal control from centers in the central nervous system. The role of autonomic dysfunction in persons with spinal cord injuries is crucial to understand because many aspects of the altered physiology seen in these individuals are directly caused by ANS dysregulation.