Botulinum toxin( Botox ) A for the Treatment of Overactive Bladder

Authors

  • Hassan Nasser Tishreen University

Abstract

Study objective :Study of the benefit of using botulinum toxin A ( BOTOX ) in the treatment of Overactive Bladder when treatment fails behavioral and conservative .

Methods :The study included 22 patients of both sexes their ages ranged from 25 – 50 years.

 Botox at a total dose of 150 – 200 iu by endoscopic injection into the muscle of the bladder wall away from the triagone.  

The results were evaluated in terms of improvement of symptoms and in terme of complications .

Results: There was an improvement in most of the patients in terms of increasing the bladder capacity and decreasing the number of urination times and thus the urgency of their symptoms improved . and the complications that occurred in terms of urinary sepsis  and urinary retention were studied and its management .

Conclusion: Most patients had improvement in urgency symptoms for an average of 6 months with minor complications it was easily managed .

Author Biography

Hassan Nasser, Tishreen University

Assistant professor . Departmemt of surgery . faculty of Medicine

Downloads

Published

2022-03-29

How to Cite

1.
ناصر ح. Botulinum toxin( Botox ) A for the Treatment of Overactive Bladder. Tuj-hlth [Internet]. 2022Mar.29 [cited 2024Apr.19];44(1):91-9. Available from: https://journal.tishreen.edu.sy/index.php/hlthscnc/article/view/12006

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 1 (2022): Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies - Health Sciences Series

Section

Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

The authors retain the copyright and grant the right to publish in the magazine for the first time with the transfer of the commercial right to Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies - Health Sciences Series

 Under a CC BY- NC-SA 04 license that allows others to share the work with of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors can use a copy of their articles in their scientific activity, and on their scientific websites, provided that the place of publication is indicted in  Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies - Health Sciences Series   .  The Readers have the right to send, print and subscribe to the initial version of the article, and the title of  Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies - Health Sciences Series  Publisher

journal uses a CC BY-NC-SA license which mean

You are free to:

  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
  •  
  • The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

 

  • Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
  • ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
  • No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Most read articles by the same author(s)