Handbook of Neurourology

This book introduces neurourology as an emerging interdisciplinary area that covers the basic and clinical studies of the neural control on the normal lower urinary tract and the lower/upper urinary tract dysfunction due to neuropathy disorders. It systematically describes all aspects of neurourology from the epidemiology of the neurogenic bladder; to the pathology and pathophysiology of the lower urinary tract; to the diagnosis and treatment of the neurogenic bladder by conservative therapies or surgeries. This book provides a useful resource for medical doctors, nurses and students in the field of neurourological conditions.

•     In this 2nd edition, 16 chapters are added, e.g. on urodynamic practice, psychogenic reasons of LUTDs, standard of care, physiotherapy, upper urinary tract rehabilitation to enable self-catheterization, pediatric neurourology, new surgical procedures

•     The editors have invited an impressive number of renowned contributors, including 98 internationally recognized specialists in this field from 25 countries in Europe, Asia, North America, and South America.


•     This handbook provides a useful resource for medical doctors, nurses and students in the field of neurourological conditions.

Dr. Limin Liao M.D. PhD is a Professor of Urology in Capital Medical University (CMU) in Beijing, China. He is the President of China Rehabilitation Science Institute, vice-director of the China Rehabilitation Research Center (CRRC), the chairman at the Department of Urology and the Department of Neurourology of CRRC in Beijing, and Director of the Ph.D. training program on Neurourology and Urodynamics in the Rehabilitation School of CMU and the Cheeloo College of Medicine of Shandong University.  

Dr. Liao graduated and received the Degree of Medical Bachelor from the 3rd Military Medical University in Chongqing, China (1986). He completed his urological training and postgraduate education in the General Hospital of PLA in Beijing and received his M.D. (1994). In 1998, he joined the Department of Urology of Medical School of Aachen Technical University (RWTH) in Germany, where he earned his Ph.D. in Urodynamics. 

Dr. Liao is the president of Chinese Continence Society (CCS) and vice-chairman of the China Neuromodulation Society (CNS). He is member of editorial board of 8 Chinese Journals including the Journal of Chinese Urology. He became an expert with special state allowance in China (2004), and in 2007 received the Dayu Prize, the highest Chinese achievement award in Urodynamics and Incontinence.  

Dr. Liao is the officer of the International Neuro-Urology Society (INUS) Board Committee for Regional Chapters and the first member of the International Continence Society (ICS) in China (1997). He is also a member of the Urodynamic and Neurourology subcommittees of the ICS. He is an associate editor of Neurourology and Urodynamics. In 2008, Dr. Liao was elected as a trustee of the ICS and the chairman of the 42nd ICS annual meeting in Beijing in 2012. 

Dr. Liao has published over 350 papers and book chapters in Chinese and English, and had over 100 presentations on these topics. In 2019 he co-edited the book Neurourology: Theory and Practice with Professor Helmut Madersbacher, a book of 80 chapters, which was later included in Springer Nature’s Major Reference Works (MRW). Dr. Liao has received extensive research funding including from the national key technology R&D program.  

Dr. Liao’s main clinical interests are: neurourology, urodynamics, voiding dysfunction, incontinence, pelvic floor dysfunction, and BPH. He specializes in urodynamic quality control, urinary tract reconstruction, neuromodulation and neurostimulation for the treatment of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction and bowel dysfunction. His current research includes augmentation uretero-enterocystoplasty for refractory urinary tract dysfunction, functional MRI study on central control of storage and central pathogenesis of overactive bladder (OAB) and the central mechanism of action of sacral neuromodulation.

Helmut Madersbacher was born and raised in Innsbruck, Austria. He received his medical degree from the University of Innsbruck. He obtained the Austrian specialist degree in Urology in 1969, completed his PhD in 1975 and was appointed Associate Prof. of Urology at the Innsbruck University Hospital. During these years, he received several fellowships to visit urodynamic and neuro-urology centers in Europe (Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm/Sweden, British Institute of Urology in London, Stoke Mandeville Hospital/ UK) and overseas (Houston/ Texas together with Brantley Scott for 6 months and in Perth/ Australia with Sir George Bedbrook).

Between 1973 and 1993 he was consultant urologist in the nearby Spinal Cord Injury Centre of Bad Häring, set up a neuro-urology service and started the neuro-urological care of children with myelomeningocele at the Univ. Hospital Innsbruck. In 1995 he became Head of the newly founded Neuro-Urology Unit there. In 1989 he founded the Austrian Continence Society. He was Board member of the European Association of Urology (EAU) for many years and became its Honorary member in 2003. In 2009 he was appointed member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Thailand.

In 2015 he founded, together with 20 other experts, interested in Neuro-Urology, the International Neuro-Urology Society (INUS) and was its president from 2015-2022 He currently holds the position of the past-president in the Executive Committee. In 2019 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the ICS.

He is co-editor of the e-book “Neuro-Urology: Theory and Practice”, edited by Springer, together with Prof. Limin Liao (Beijing) which appears this year in the second edition as Handbook, in an online and a print version.