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Medical management of neurogenic bladder with oral therapy

This is a review of the most current literature on medical management of the neurogenic bladder (NGB) to treat detrusor overactivity (DO), improve bladder compliance and treat urinary incontinence. The use of antimuscarinics, alpha blockers, tricyclic antidepressants, desmopressin and mirabegron wil...

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Autor principal: Cameron, Anne P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4739981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26904412
http://dx.doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2223-4683.2015.12.07
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Sumario:This is a review of the most current literature on medical management of the neurogenic bladder (NGB) to treat detrusor overactivity (DO), improve bladder compliance and treat urinary incontinence. The use of antimuscarinics, alpha blockers, tricyclic antidepressants, desmopressin and mirabegron will be discussed along with combination therapy to improve efficacy. These medical therapies will be the focus of this review with surgical therapy and botulinum toxin injections being the subject of other articles in this series.