External Sphincter Injection of Onabotulinum-A Toxin in Treatment of Children with Bladder- Sphincteric Dyssynergia | ||||
The Medical Journal of Cairo University | ||||
Article 83, Volume 89, September, September 2021, Page 2069-2073 PDF (208.99 K) | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/mjcu.2021.203393 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
ABOURJILA A. GAMAL ELDIN, M.D.; AYMAN M. GABR, M.D.; AMR M. ELSOFY, M.D.; MOHAMED FAWZY, M.D. | ||||
The Department of Urology, National Institute of Urology and Nephrology, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Abstract Background: The first application of Onabotulinum-A Toxin in urology was its injection into the urinary sphincter to treat neurogenic detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia in quadri-plegic men. Since that first report by Dyskatra et al., in 1988, the results of focal Onabotulinum-A Toxininjections into the sphincter, the bladder wall and lately into the prostate have raised the interest of the urology community in this promising new therapeutic modality. This is an evidence-based review of the current indications, techniques and outcomes of Ona-botulinum-A Toxin injections into the urethral sphincter. Aim of Study: We evaluated the effect of detrusor injection of onabotulinum-A toxin into the urethral urinary sphincter in children with bladder-external sphincter dyssynergia to decrease urethral resistance and improve voiding. Material and Methods: Prospective treatment was per-formed in 25 children 4 to 15 years old (mean age 7) with bladder-neck dyssynergia using onabotulinum-A toxin. Pre-operatively all children were evaluated by ultrasound, voiding cystourethrography, excretory urography, magnetic resonance imaging and urodynamic studies, including pressure flow, electromyography and uroflowmetry. Using a rigid pediatric endoscope and a 4Fr injection needle 50 to 100 IU onabotu-linum-A toxin was injected into the external sphincter at the 5 and 7 o'clock positions. Follow-up was 6 to 15 months. Repeat injections every 6 months were given according to the response with a maximum of 3 injections. Results: Immediately after onabotulinum-A toxin injection all except 1 patient were able to void without catheterization. No acute complications occurred. Postoperatively post-void residual urine decreased by 30%, detrusor leak point pressure decreased significantly by a mean ± SD of 66±18 vs 37±4cm H2O and uroflowmetry showed a marked increase in maximum urine flow of 7±2 vs 17.3±8ml per second. Conclusions: Urethral sphincter onabotulinum-A toxin injection could be considered a reliable treatment modality in children with nonneurogenic neurogenic bladder after the failure of conservative therapy. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Onabotulinum-A toxin; Nonneurogenic neuro-genic bladder; Bladder-neck dyssynergia; Blad-der-external sphincter dyssynergia | ||||
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