• International Neurourology Journal
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.275-286
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• 2018

Purpose: OnabotulinumtoxinA (BoNT-A) is a promising therapy for treating neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to carry out an in-depth review and to make an objective estimation of the efficacy and safety of BoNT-A on NDO after SCI. Methods: The PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases were searched for all relevant articles published from 2001 to 2016 that referred to NDO, SCI, and BoNT-A or botulinum toxin A. All data were recorded in an Excel spreadsheet by 2 individual reviewers. Review Manager version 5.3 was used to carry out the meta-analysis. Results: This analysis included 17 studies involving 1,455 patients. Compared with placebo and baseline, BoNT-A was effective in increasing maximum cystometric capacity, volume at first involuntary detrusor contraction, cystometric bladder capacity (all P<0.00001), compliance (P=0.001), and the number of patients with complete dryness (P=0.0003), and decreasing detrusor pressure, the number of patients with no involuntary detrusor contractions, the maximum flow rate, the incidence of detrusor overactivity (all P<0.00001), and the number of urinary incontinence episodes (P=0.001). There were no statistically significant differences between doses of 200 U and 300 U or between injections into the detrusor and submucosa. There were no life-threatening adverse events. Conclusions: BoNT-A is effective and safe in treating NDO after SCI. There were no statistically significant differences between doses of 200 U and 300 U or between injecting into the detrusor and submucosa. However, more high-quality randomized controlled trials are still needed.

• International Neurourology Journal
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.268-274
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• 2018

Purpose: To describe a technique for urodynamic diagnosis of detrusor sphincter dyssynergia (DSD) using urethral pressure measurements and examine potential associations between urethral pressure and bladder physiology among patients with DSD. Methods: Multiple sclerosis (MS) and spinal cord injured (SCI) patients with known DSD diagnosed on videourodynamics (via electromyography or voiding cystourethrography) were retrospectively identified. Data from SCI and MS patients with detrusor overactivity (DO) without DSD were abstracted as control group. Urodynamics tracings were reviewed and urethral pressure DSD was defined based on comparison of DSD and control groups. Results: Seventy-two patients with DSD were identified. Sixty-two (86%) had >20 cm $H_2O$ urethral pressure amplitude during detrusor contraction. By comparison, 5 of 23 (22%) of control group had amplitude of >20 cm $H_2O$ during episode of DO. Mean duration of urethral pressure DSD episode was 66 seconds (range, 10-500 seconds) and mean urethral pressure amplitude was 73 cm $H_2O$ (range, 1-256 cm $H_2O$). Longer (>30 seconds) DSD episodes were significantly associated with male sex (81% vs. 50%, P=0.013) and higher bladder capacity (389 mL vs. 219 mL, P=0.0004). Urethral pressure amplitude measurements during DSD were not associated with significant urodynamic variables or neurologic pathology. Conclusions: Urethral pressure amplitude of >20 cm $H_2O$ during detrusor contraction occurred in 86% of patients with known DSD. Longer DSD episodes were associated with larger bladder capacity. Further studies exploring the relationship between urethral pressure measurements and bladder physiology could phenotype DSD as a measurable variable rather than a categorical observation.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.584-590
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• 2012

The structural and functional disorder of a detrusor induces a bladder hypertrophy and degenerates a bladder muscle gradually by preventing normal urination. Thus, the thickness of the bladder wall has been increased in proportion to the degree of bladder outlet obstruction. In this study, the mechanical characteristics of the detrusor is analyzed for the physical properties and the thickness changes of the bladder muscle using a mathematically analytic method. In order to obtain the mechanical property of the bladder muscle, the tensile test of porcine bladder tissue is performed because its property is similar to that of human. The result of tensile test is applied to the mathematically model as Mooney Rivlin coefficients which represent the hyperelastic material. The model of the bladder is defined as the spherical shape with the initial volume of 50ml. The principal stress and strain according to the thickness are analyzed. Also, computer simulations for three types of the material property for the model of the bladder are performed based on the fact that the stiffness of the bladder is weakened as the progress of the benign prostatic hyperplasia. As a result, the principal stress is 341kPa at the initial thickness of 2.2mm, and is 249kPa at 6.5mm. As the bladder wall thickness increases, the principal stress decreases. The principal stress and strain decrease as the stiffness of the bladder decreases under the same thinkness.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.60-68
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between lower urinary tract symptoms and urodynamic parameters to investigate the characteristics of mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Methods: The subjects were 318 women with MUI and 128 women with SUI. Data were collected retrospectively from electronic medical records including Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms-Scored Form (BFLUTS-SF), Incontinence Quality of Life Instrument (I-QOL), voiding diaries, and urodynamic parameters. Results: Compared with the SUI group, the MUI group was older and showed lower I-QOL and more severe urinary tract symptoms. The MUI group had more urinary frequency, more nocturia, and a higher urgency score than the SUI group. In the correlation analysis, the greatest difference between the two groups was that urgency was associated with Qmax, maximal cystometric capacity, and detrusor overactivity only in the MUI group (r = -.175, p= .004; r = -.281, p< .001; r= .232, p< .001, respectively). Conclusion: As a result of this study, we propose that a customized management program that emphasizes the control of urgency for the MUI group, and one that effectively strengthens the weak pelvic floor for the SUI group.

• 대한유전성대사질환학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2023

아미노아실-tRNA 합성효소는 단백질을 만드는 번역(translation)단계에서 아미노산을 활성화시키고 적절한 아미노산을 해당 tRNA에 결합을 시키는 중요한 효소이며, IARS2 유전자는 미토콘드리아에서 작용하는 isoleucylt-RNA 합성효소를 코딩하는 핵의 유전자이다. IARS2 유전자의 돌연변이는 백내장, 성장 호르몬 결핍, 감각 신경병증, 감각신경성 난청, 골격 형성 이상 증후군의 특징을 보이는 CAGSSS (MIM#616007)라는 희귀 질환의 원인으로 상염색체 열성으로 유전된다. 현재까지 이 증례 보고를 포함하여 29명의 환자만이 보고가 되었음에도 단지 백내장의 증상만 나타냈던 환자, 그리고 신경학적 증상이 두드러지는 Leigh 증후군을 유발하면서 여러 장기에 영향을 주는 환자 등 다양한 임상 증상의 환자가 보고되었다. Leigh 증후군은 드문 진행성 신경 퇴행성 미토콘드리아 질환이다. 이 연구는 IARS2 연관된 Leigh 증후군의 환자에서 방광 기능의 이상의 표현형을 보고하는 첫 증례 보고로 의미가 있다. 5세의 한국인 여아는 복부 팽만을 동반한 복통으로 응급실에 내원하였으며, 복부CT에서 명백한 폐쇄 증상, 급성 신장염, 요로감염의 징후가 보이지 않으면서 현저하게 팽창된 방광이 확인 되었다. 여아의 발달 상태는 발달 저하를 보이면서, 6개월에 뒤집기가 가능하였지만 이후는 신경학적 퇴행으로 내원당시에는 목 가누기도 되지 않고, 의미 있는 단어를 말하지도 못하는 전반적인 발달 지연 상태였다. 2세에는 양쪽 눈의 백내장이 발생하여 수술한 과거력이 있었다. 뇌 MRI T2 강조영상에서는 양쪽에 대칭적으로 기저핵(basal ganglia)에 고신호를 보였고, 이는 Leigh 증후군에 전형적인 영상의 특징이다. Whole mitochondrial genome의 유전자검사를 시행했지만 의미 있는 돌연변이가 확인되지 않았으므로, Whole exome sequencing 검사를 시행했으며, IARS2 유전자의 이중대립유전자 돌연변이(biallelic mutation), c.2446C>T (p. Arg816Ter)와 c.2450G>A (p. Arg817His)가 확인이 되었고 부모님은 보인자였다. 현재까지 IARS2 유전자의 돌연변이를 가지는 환자 중에서 신경학적 발달 저하, 인지장애 등의 증상이 동반된 환자는 신체의 다중장기질환의 증상으로 심비대, 부정맥, 빈혈, 측만증, 청력 저하, 뇌전증, 부갑상선저하증이 알려졌으나, 이 연구에서 IARS2 유전자 돌연변이를 가진 환자에서 배뇨근의 이상을 동반한 과민성방광증상을 확인하여 방광이상증상을 처음 보고를 한다. IARS2 유전자의 이상이 확인된 환자에서는 하부요로이상증상이 동반 가능성에 대해서 인지하는 것이 필요하고, 증상이 보이면 배뇨 일지나 요역동학검사를 통해서 조기에 진단 및 치료가 환자의 관리에 필요할 수 있다. 이 증례 보고는 IARS2 유전자의 임상 양상의 확대 및 유전자의 이해를 넓히는데 기여할 것으로 기대된다.