SPINAL INJURY WITH RETENTION OF URINE;

Frequency of Phantom Pain among patients with Spinal Cord Injury

Summary: Background: Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) usually have permanent and often devastating neurologic deficits and disability and pain (1). According to the National Institutes of Health, "among neurological disorders, the cost to society of automotive SCI is exceeded only by the cost of mental retardation"(2). Neurogenic pain constitutes one of the enigmatic clinical sy...

Retention of Urine

Retention of Urine; Paracentesis Vesicæ

?was completely cured by the various quack treatment he had undergone. The gonorrhoea went on from bad to worse, stricture ensued, accompanied with difficult micturition, which was ia a short time followed by retention of urine, at the 48th hour of which he sought relief at the hospital, with the following symptoms: the bladder distended nearly up to umbilicus; the penis and scrotum swollen, pr...

Post-operative Retention of Urine

Introduction Post-operative retention of urine is a common surgical complication, and it is essential to have a clear understanding of the factors involved in its production and the principles of its management, if further complications and mortality are to be prevented. The object of this article is not only to describe the methods of prevention and relief of urinary retention but to point out...

Post-operative retention of urine.

Introduction Post-operative retention of urine is a common surgical complication, and it is essential to have a clear understanding of the factors involved in its production and the principles of its management, if further complications and mortality are to be prevented. The object of this article is not only to describe the methods of prevention and relief of urinary retention but to point out...