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Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction in Children

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In the last 45 years, the management of neuromuscular dysfunction of the lower urinary tract (LUT) in children has undergone profound changes due to increased understanding and vastly improved drug and surgical therapies. This chapter describes current issues surrounding prevalence, prenatal intervention, early postnatal LUT function, initial postnatal management, risk factors for upper urinary tract deterioration, reasons for prophylactic therapy that eventually affect renal function, assessment of sexual function (as these individuals now survive into adulthood and, as such, this plays an increasingly important role in their lives), and, finally, advances in the management of bowel dysfunction as that becomes paramount in affected surviving patients as they become more engaged in society.

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