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Conventional Urodynamics

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Urodynamic evaluation (or ‘urodynamics’) is aimed at defining the pattern of (dys) function of the LUT and should reproduce the patient’s urinary complaints. Urodynamic investigation (UDI) is the gold standard to evaluate lower urinary tract function in patients with neurological diseases, especially when there is evidence or history of spinal cord injury (SCI). Special attention should be given to appropriate standardization of the urodynamic technique since this is the prerequisite for reproducible and reliable results. Any technical source of artifacts must be critically considered, and all urodynamic findings have to be reported in detail.

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  1. Video-Urodynamics Unit, Department of Urology, Moinhos de Vento Hospital, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Marcio A. Averbeck

  2. Spinal Cord Injury Center, University of Zürich, Balgrist University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland

    Thomas M. Kessler

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  1. Department of Urology, China Rehabiliation Research Center Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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  2. Department of Urology, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria

    Helmut Madersbacher

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Averbeck, M.A., Kessler, T.M. (2019). Conventional Urodynamics. In: Liao, L., Madersbacher, H. (eds) Neurourology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7509-0_15

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