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Characteristics of Neurogenic Voiding Dysfunction in Cerebellar Stroke: A Cross-Sectional, Retrospective Video Urodynamic Study

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Voiding dysfunctions are common neurological complications after a stroke, yet there are few urodynamic studies of patients with cerebellar stroke. We report the video urodynamic findings of 15 patients with cerebellar stroke, including eight patients with ischemic and seven with hemorrhagic stroke. Their mean age was 75 ± 13.4 years and the mean interval from stroke to video urodynamic study was 11.2 ± 17.9 months. At urodynamic study, four (50 %) patients with ischemic stroke had urinary incontinence as did two (28 %) patients with hemorrhagic stroke. Detrusor overactivity (DO) was found in eight (53 %) patients, dyssynergic urethral sphincter in six (40 %), and nonrelaxing urethral sphincter in seven (47 %). DO occurred in six (75 %) of patients with ischemic stroke and in two (28.6 %) of patients with hemorrhagic stroke (p = 0.072). While DO was not found in five of the 15 patients within 2 months after the stroke, it was more frequently detected in eight (80 %) of the 10 remaining patients 2 or more months after stroke (p = 0.007). Four (80 %) of the five stroke patients had nonrelaxing sphincter and urinary retention within 2 months after stroke. Two or more months after their strokes, coordinated sphincter function was noted in two (20 %) patients and dyssynergic sphincter was found in six (60 %); two (20 %) remained with nonrelaxing sphincter. Thus, lower urinary tract dysfunction caused by cerebellar stroke may change with time. Knowledge of video urodynamic findings should help us better manage voiding dysfunction in patients with cerebellar stroke.

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We thank Fu-Nien Hsieh, Shih-Shung Chang, Sz-Tsan Wang, and Pei-Hsin Kuo for assistance in data collection and analysis.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

    Yu-Cheng Chou & Tomor Harnod

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

    Yu-Cheng Chou

  3. Department of Urology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

    Yuan-Hong Jiang & Hann-Chorng Kuo

  4. Department of Urology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

    Hann-Chorng Kuo

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Chou, YC., Jiang, YH., Harnod, T. et al. Characteristics of Neurogenic Voiding Dysfunction in Cerebellar Stroke: A Cross-Sectional, Retrospective Video Urodynamic Study. Cerebellum 12, 601–606 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-013-0468-9

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