An International Continence Society (ICS) report on the terminology for Adult Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction (ANLUTD)

Authors

  • Jerzy B. Gajewski Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Brigitte Schurch Neurourology Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, CHUV, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Rizwan Hamid Department of Neuro-Urology, Spinal Injuries Unit, RNOH, Stanmore/London, United Kingdom
  • Márcio Averbeck Department of Urology, Moinhos de Vento Hospital, Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Ryuji Sakakibara Neurology, Internal Medicine, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, Japan.
  • Enrico F. Agrò Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
  • Tamara Dickinson Department of Urology, UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas.
  • Christopher K. Payne Vista Urology & Pelvic Pain Partners, San Jose, California.
  • Marcus J. Drake Bristol Urological Institute, Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym Bristol, United Kingdom.
  • Bernie T. Haylen University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Daniel García-Sánchez Urología, Neuro-Urología y urodinamia. Excoordinador del capítulo de Urología Funcional de la Sociedad Mexicana de Urología. Director de URO-CONTINENT. Profesor del curso de Neuro-Urología del Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León. México.
  • José-Manuel Otero-García Urología, Neuro-Urología y urodinamia, Centro Médico ABC, Ciudad de México, México.
  • Adrián Gutiérrez-González Excoordinador del capítulo de Urología Funcional de la Sociedad Mexicana de Urología, jefe del Departamento de Urología y Neuro-Urología, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, México.
  • José Manuel Viveros-Elías Urología, Neuro-Urología y urodinamia, Excoordinador del capítulo de Urología Funcional de la Sociedad Mexicana de Urología, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México.
  • Óscar Arturo Suárez Urología, Neuro-Urología y urodinamia, Profesor del sistema de salud Tec Monterrey, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. Nuevo León, México.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48193/revistamexicanadeurologa.v82iEspecial.900

Keywords:

adult, dysfunction, neurogenic, terminology, urinary tract

Abstract

 

Introduction: The terminology for adult neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (ANLUTD) should be defined and organized in a clinically based consensus Report.

Methods: This Report has been created by a Working Group under the auspices and guidelines of the International Continence Society (ICS) Standardization Steering Committee (SSC) assisted at intervals by external referees. All relevant definitions for ANLUTD were updated on the basis of research over the last 14 years. An extensive process of 18 rounds of internal and external review was involved to exhaustively examine each definition, with decision-making by collective opinion (consensus).

Results: A Terminology Report for ANLUTD, encompassing 97 definitions (42 NEW and 8 CHANGED, has been developed. It is clinically based with the most common diagnoses defined. Clarity and user-friendliness have been key aims to make it interpretable by practitioners and trainees in all the different groups involved not only in lower urinary tract dysfunction but additionally in many other medical specialties.

Conclusion: A consensus-based Terminology Report for ANLUTD has been produced to aid clinical practice and research.

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2022-05-20

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Vol. 82 No. Suplemento (2022): An International Continence Society (ICS) report on the terminology for Adult Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction (ANLUTD)

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