Correlation of Detrusor Vesicae Activity to Radiologic Findings in Childhood Myelodysplasia

Abstract

In selected cases of childhood myelodysplasia associated with incontinence oral anticholinergics, e.g. atropine, may significantly improve the results of continence training programs. At present, the differentiation of patients who may benefit from this kind of pharmacotherapy from those who do not respond calls for laborious recordings of the intravesical pressure. Urography and micturition cystourethrography routinely used for the morphologic evaluation of the urinary tract were compared with the pressure tracings. No useful correlation between findings was obtained, thus excluding the possibility to replace the pressure studies by the much simpler radiologic examinations.