The relationship between urinary tract in-fection and &vel of lesion and catheterisation in patients with spinal cord injury
HATİCE UĞURLU,SAMİ KÜÇÜKŞEN
HATİCE UĞURLU: SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
SAMİ KÜÇÜKŞEN: NECMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Year : 1997
Vol : 13
Issue : 4
Page : 238-241
Ahhough the inıprovements irt urologic re-urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common complication eneountered during the rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury. In this study, we investigated the relationship bet-weeen urinafry tract infretion and level of lesion and methods of bladder drainage ir7 patients with spinal cord injurv (SCI).22 paraplegic patients followed in our ciiriic berween 1994 and 1997 were included in this study. I.rTI was observed in 68.1 pe• cent of the patients, Na significant relation was found between the incidence of UTI and the level of lesion and the meth