Teaching self-catheterization is now well known; nevertheless, the effectiveness of CISC educational therapeutic programs remains to be demonstrated.

The pencil and paper test is a valid way to predict the ability to practice clean intermittent self-catheterization in patients with a neurological disorder.

Purpose: Neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) is common in patients who suffer from multiple sclerosis (MS). When the usual pharmacological treatment fails, botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) injections can be proposed. The safety and efficacy of this treatment are already well known, but only a few studies focus on its use in patients with MS. Materials and Methods: Seventy-one patients with MS underwent their first BTX-A injection for refractory NDO. They had clinical and urodynamic cystometry assessment before and three months after injection. The patients were divided in three groups according to treatment efficacy: full success (total urinary continence, no overactive detrusor), improvement, or total failure (urge incontinence and overactive detrusor). Results: 77% of the patients had clinical improvement or full success of the treatment with a reduction of their urgency and incontinence. Significant urodynamic improvement after treatment was shown on different parameters: volume at first involuntary bladder contraction (p = 0.0000001), maximum cystometric capacity (p = 0.0035), maximum detrusor pressure (p = 0.0000001). 46% of the patients were in the "full success" group. 31% of the patients had a partial improvement. 23% of the patients had no efficacy of the treatment. Duration of MS was a predictive factor of treatment failure (p = 0.015). Conclusions: Despite that a full success was obtained in 46% of the cases, BTX-A injection therapy failed to treat refractory NDO in 23% of patients suffering from MS. Duration of the disease was a predictive factor for an inefficient treatment. The injection therapy should be considered as soon as oral anticholinergic drugs fail to reduce NDO. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. The lesions occur in different time and localization in subcortical areas, brain stem and spinal cord. The disease has varied clinical presentations (1). Bladder and urethra dysfunction are very common. Detrusor overactivity is the most common urodynamic sign. It is observed in 44% (2) to 81% (3) of patients. Detrusor sphincter dyssynergia is associated with overactive detrusor in 93% of cases (2).Detrusor overactivity is often associated with overactive bladder, defined by urgency, possibly associated with urge incontinence, daytime frequency, and nocturia (4). These symptoms significantly alter the quality of life (5). Urological complications including hydronephrosis, vesicoureteral reflux, urosepsis, and urolithiasis (6) occur in 12% of the patients who suffer from neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) and MS (7). The rate NeurourologyInternational Braz J Urol

The InCaSaQ was found to be a valid tool for the evaluation of patient satisfaction with a urinary catheter. It is thus possible to compare the comfort and effectiveness of different types of catheter, and to objectify the need to change the type of catheter, in cases where patients express their dissatisfaction.

Patients without neurological disease have a heightened PCB during the IWT than patients with neurological diseases. The lack of PCB may reflect an alteration of the afferent pathways or spinal reflex pathways or central neural pathways.

Registration number CPP Ile de France X: PC/AP 09-2012 N°IDRCB 2011-A00923-38. Objectives• To determine whether a strong urge to void could affect a person's attentional performance.• To determine whether an attentional task could decrease a strong urge to void a prospective study was performed. Subjects and Methods• Healthy adults were asked to perform two neuropsychological tests, the modified Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (mPASAT) and the Psychology Experiment Building Language Continuous Performance Test (pCPT), under two different conditions: no need to void, and a strong urge to void defined by a score of >70/100 mm on a visual analogue scale. Results• In all, 21 healthy volunteers were included.• There was no statistical difference between the mPASAT scores from the two sessions (P = 0.57).• The mean total error score of the pCPT increased with the individual's urge to void (P = 0.043).• The mean omission score decreased, but was not statistically different (P = 0.129), the commission error score increased with the urge to void (P = 0.017), with a shorter reaction time for the inter-stimuli intervals of 1 (P < 0.001) and 2 s (P = 0.036), suggesting a tendency to hurry. Conclusions• A strong urge to void can alter attentional performance, with a tendency to hurry, in healthy volunteers taking part in a sustained attention test pCPT involving the use of the anterior cingulate cortex.

Isolated nocturia or nocturnal urinary incontinence is a frequent problem encountered with multiple sclerosis. Our results suggest that an overactive detrusor is the main mechanism. Further studies are needed to verify the complications arising from nocturia.

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