The standardization of terminology in neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction with suggestions for diagnostic procedures

✍ Scribed by Manfred Stöhrer; Mark Goepel; Atsuo Kondo; Guus Kramer; Helmut Madersbacher; Richard Millard; Alain Rossier; Jean-Jacques Wyndaele

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 72 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0733-2467
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6777(1999)18:2<139::aid-nau9>3.0.co;2-u

✦ Synopsis

This report has been produced at the request of the International Continence Society. It was approved at the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Society in Jerusalem.

The terminology used in neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction developed over the years, defined by neurologists, neurological, and urological surgeons. Because of the particular intents of each specialist, confusion exists on the various terminologies used and on their definitions. The International Continence Society did not define in detail the procedures and conditions in neurogenic lower urinary tract Produced by the Standardization Committee of the International Continence Society, A. Mattiasson, Chairman. Subcommittee on Terminology in Patients with Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction, M. Sto ¨hrer, Chairman.