OnabotulinumtoxinA is now an important tool for managing pediatric neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction
Brendan T. Frainey,
Douglass B. Clayton
Abstract:Initial urologic management of pediatric neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD) includes clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) regimen and use of anticholinergic or beta3 agonist medications. Historically, NLUTD that did not respond to these initial management strategies received open surgical procedures such as augmentation cystoplasty (AC) to increase bladder capacity and create a lower-pressure reservoir. Since its first reported use in 2002, intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA (BTX-A) injection… Show more
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