Urologie pro praxi 1/2019
Use of botulinum toxin in paediatric urology
Lower urinary tract dysfunction in children is very often connected with reduced compliance and urinary bladder hyperactivity. The treatment is conservative, moreover surgical in extreme cases. Endoscopic intravesical botulinum toxin application as miniinvasive therapy occur among them. It represents safe and efficient treatment leading to continence increase, lower occurrence of uninhibited contraction and urodynamic status improvement.
Keywords: urinary tract dysfunction, detrusor hyperactivity, intravesical application, botulinum toxin A.