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The outcome of\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">UUT<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            and\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LUT<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            function in adults with\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CSD<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            is relatively unknown.\n                          <\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <\/jats:list>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Patients and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>\n                            A systematic review was performed following the standards of the\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">P<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            referred\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">R<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            eporting\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">I<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            tems for\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">S<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            ystematic\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">R<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            eviews and\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">M<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            eta\u2010\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            nalyses (\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PRISMA<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            ) guidelines. An extensive search was made of\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">P<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            ub\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">M<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            ed and\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EMBASE<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            .\n                          <\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>\n                            Included were papers on adults with any form of primary\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CSD<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            that described bladder and\/or kidney function. Only\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">E<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            nglish and\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">D<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            utch language papers were included. Excluded were papers on patients aged &lt;18 years and patients with secondary tethered cord following childhood\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OSD<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            repair. International\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            ontinence\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">S<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            ociety terminology was used to describe\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LUT<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            outcomes.\n                          <\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <\/jats:list>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Eventually, only seven studies (90 patients) were included and none of these described renal outcomes. Five of the seven papers were on outcomes after untethering surgery during adulthood.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Urological complaints were present in 54\/79 (68.4%) patients.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Urodynamic studies (48 patients available) revealed detrusor underactivity in 46.5% of the evaluated cases, detrusor overactivity in 32.6% and normal findings in 16.3% of the studied patients.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Symptomatic improvement after surgery for tethered cord occurred in 33.3\u201390.0%, depending on the subgroup studied. Urodynamic improvement rates ranged from 11.1% to 54.5% (but based on three studies with only 24 patients). Success of surgery depended on the time between onset of symptoms and operation, and (sometimes) type of lesion.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <\/jats:list>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>\n                            Few data are available on long\u2010term urological outcomes in adult patients with\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CSD<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            .\n                          <\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>\n                            More extensive research on follow\u2010up, including the functional status of the\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">UUT<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            , is recommended.\n                          <\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>\n                            Based upon the little evidence available, we think life\u2010long follow\u2010up (from birth into adulthood) of those with\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CSD<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            and neurogenic bladder is advisable.\n                          <\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <\/jats:list>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/bju.12289","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,13]],"date-time":"2013-06-13T07:53:04Z","timestamp":1371109984000},"page":"1009-1017","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Paucity of evidence for urinary tract outcomes in closed spinal dysraphism: a systematic review"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"112","author":[{"given":"Paul W.","family":"Veenboer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Urology Rehabilitation University Medical Centre Utrecht  Utrecht The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"J.L.H. 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