Bladder denervation procedures.

Abstract

Bladder denervation can provide useful rehabilitation of bladder function when other measures have failed. Idiopathic hyperactivity may respond best to hyperbaric distension or bladder transection. Procedures performed close to the bladder seem, at present, to be more effective than those near the central nervous system. Procedures have little morbidity, apart from transection. On the average a 50 per cent improvement may be expected, but in all cases it is most important to consider the length of follow-up in reported series.