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  • Title: Intermittent catheterization: evaluation of complete dryness and independence in children with myelomeningocele.
    Author: Purcell MH, Gregory JG.
    Journal: J Urol; 1984 Sep; 132(3):518-20. PubMed ID: 6471187.
    Abstract:
    We studied 46 children in active followup who have been managed by nonsterile intermittent catheterization to achieve continence. All patients were given maximum therapeutic doses of supplemental medication to improve dryness. Of the patients 33 per cent were noncompliant and, therefore, wet, 30 per cent were wet despite full compliance with the program, and only 24 per cent were completely dry and wearing regular underclothing. Nine children experienced side effects from the supplemental medications that were severe enough to warrant discontinuation of the drug. Of the 46 patients 19 have been removed from the catheterization program and currently are being managed by other modalities. Only 11 of the remaining 27 patients currently managed by catheterization perform the procedure independently. Results suggest that intermittent catheterization does not provide independence or social continence in many patients.
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