Table 2.
Bladder management techniques
| Age Group | Overall/Total No. (%) | p Value (chi-square test) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–11 Yrs | 12–19 Yrs | 20 Yrs or Older | |||
| No. pts | 1,993 | 1,885 | 1,372 | 5,250/5,250 (100) | |
| No. bladder medications (%): | |||||
| Daily antibiotic | 190 (11.9) | 163 (12.1) | 170 (17.4) | 523/3,924 (13.3) | <0.0001 |
| Antimuscarinic | 853 (53.2) | 687 (51.2) | 467 (47.7) | 2,007/3,924 (51.1) | 0.0249 |
| None | 695 (43.4) | 605 (45.1) | 448 (45.8) | 1,748/3,924 (44.5) | 0.44 |
| No. urological surgical history (%):* | |||||
| Bladder augmentation | 124 (6.2) | 380 (20.2) | 316 (23.0) | 820/5,250 (15.6) | <0.0001 |
| Mitrofanoff channel | 105 (5.3) | 150(8.0) | 70(5.1) | 325/5,250(6.2) | 0.0004 |
| Monti channel | 50 (2.5) | 102 (5.4) | 44 (3.2) | 196/5,250 (3.7) | <0.0001 |
| Mitrofanoff + Monti | 150 (7.5) | 247 (13.1) | 111 (8.1) | 508/5,250 (9.7) | <0.0001 |
| Vesicostomy | 90 (4.5) | 131 (6.9) | 75 (5.5) | 296/5,250 (5.6) | 0.0043 |
| Bladder outlet operation | 47 (2.4) | 96 (5.1) | 60 (4.4) | 203/5,250 (3.9) | <0.0001 |
| Stone surgery removal | 25 (1.3) | 59 (3.1) | 66 (4.8) | 150/5,250 (2.9) | <0.0001 |
| No. bladder management (%):* | |||||
| None/incontinent | 247 (12.4) | 112 (5.9) | 68 (5.0) | 427/5,243 (8.1) | <0.0001 |
| Spontaneous void | 397 (20.0) | 290 (15.4) | 143 (10.5) | 830/5,226 (15.9) | <0.0001 |
| Clean intermittent catheterization | 1,279 (64.8) | 1,435 (76.6) | 1,047 (76.8) | 3,761/5,211 (72.2) | <0.0001 |
| Indwelling catheter | 39 (2.0) | 35 (1.9) | 45 (3.3) | 119/5,250 (2.3) | 0.0132 |
| Vesicostomy | 56 (2.8) | 29 (1.5) | 22 (1.6) | 107/5,241 (2.0) | 0.0083 |
| Urostomy bag | 3 (0.2) | 11 (0.6) | 49 (3.6) | 63/5,248 (1.2) | <0.0001 |
| Credé | 1 (0.1) | 4 (0.2) | 7 (0.5) | 12/5,250 (0.2) | 0.0226 |
| Condom catheter | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (0.3) | 4/5,250 (0.1) | 0.0035 |
*
Percentages do not total 100 since some individuals were taking multiple medications or underwent multiple surgeries/forms of management.