Si � c � the introduction of intermittent s � lf-catheterisation by Lapides et ai, 1 low pressure vOldmg methods have been adopted acttvely in our centre. A retrospective review of 47 p atien � s with cervic � l s l? inal cord inju � y (CSC!) who performed independent (self) clean mtermlttent cathetensatton (CIC) on dIscharge IS presented. Their functional abilities were evaluated by both the Frankel 2 and the Zancolli scales. 3 Fourteen out of the 47 patients could I? anage ind � pende !l t CIC, 17 � ssisted CIC, nine tapped or voided voluntarily, two were dIscharged WIth a dIaper, one WIth a suprapubic catheter, and four with an indwelling cath � ter. Accor . din � to Frankel's classification, four patients were in A category, four in B, one m � and flve m D among the group of complete CIC. C6A/C5B (right/left hand) by Za t;I colh's classification was the highest level of ability for all these 14 patients; and one pattent (a 30-year-old male, Frankel B classification) could manage independent CIC with the aid of our special device. However, the practical limit of functional hands for independent CIC appeared to be about C6Bl.
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