作者
Suzanne L Groah, David A Weitzenkamp, Daniel P Lammertse, Gale G Whiteneck, Dennis C Lezotte, Richard F Hamman
发表日期
2002/3/1
期刊
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
卷号
83
期号
3
页码范围
346-351
出版商
WB Saunders
简介
Groah SL, Weitzenkamp DA, Lammertse DP, Whiteneck GG, Lezotte DC, Hamman RF. Excess risk of bladder cancer in spinal cord injury: evidence for an association between indwelling catheter use and bladder cancer. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2002;83:346-51.
Objectives
To evaluate whether the risk of bladder cancer is greater in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) than in the general population and whether indwelling catheter (IDC) use is a significant independent risk factor for bladder cancer.
Design
Historical cohort study in which subjects with SCI were stratified according to bladder management method and followed for the development of bladder cancer.
Setting
A large rehabilitation hospital in the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems.
Participants
A total of 3670 patients with SCI who were evaluated for bladder cancer on at least 1 occasion by cystoscopy over a period of 1 to 47 years.
Interventions
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