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Article

Real-Life Treatment Outcome of Botulinum Toxin A Injection on Overactive Bladder and Voiding Dysfunction in Patients with Central Nervous System Lesions

Department of Urology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 970, Taiwan
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Toxins 2024, 16(3), 123; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins16030123
Submission received: 3 February 2024 / Revised: 21 February 2024 / Accepted: 27 February 2024 / Published: 1 March 2024
(This article belongs to the Section Bacterial Toxins)

Abstract

Purpose: Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD) is common in patients with neurological lesions in the central nervous system (CNS). Medical treatment usually cannot adequately relieve NLUTD. This study reported the real-life treatment outcome of botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) for overactive bladders (OAB) and voiding dysfunction in patients with CNS lesions. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the first-time treatment outcome of 74 patients who received detrusor 100 U BoNT-A for OAB and 45 patients who received a urethral sphincter 100 U BoNT-A injection for voiding dysfunction. The treatment outcome, therapeutic duration, and adverse events (AE) after BoNT-A were compared among different CNS lesions and among patients with different urodynamic characteristics. Results: The study included 74 patients receiving detrusor injections for OAB (36 with cerebrovascular accidents, 13 with Parkinson’s disease, and 25 with dementia) and 45 patients receiving a urethral sphincter injection for voiding dysfunction (26 with cerebrovascular accidents, 7 with Parkinson’s disease, and 12 with dementia). After detrusor BoNT-A treatment, urinary continence was achieved in 28.4% of patients with neurogenic OAB, postoperative difficult urination in 59.5%, acute urinary retention (AUR) in 9.5%, and urinary tract infection (UTI) in 14.9%, with a therapeutic duration of 6.43 months. There were no differences among subgroups or between patients with detrusor overactivity (DO) and DO with detrusor underactivity (DU) in terms of treatment outcomes and AEs. The improvement rate of urethral sphincter BoNT-A injections was 75.6% without any difference among subgroups. After treatment, 24.4% of the patients had exacerbated urinary incontinence, 33.3% had persistent difficult urination, and 15.6% had UTI. Patients with dementia had higher rates of difficult urination and UTI, higher postvoid residual volume, and a shorter therapeutic duration. Patients with DU and those without urethral sphincter dyssynergia had less favorable outcomes after their urethral sphincter BoNT-A injection. Conclusions: The therapeutic efficacy of detrusor BoNT-A injection for OAB due to CNS lesions is limited, with high rates of difficult urination, AUR, and UTI. Although urethral sphincter BoNT-A injection is effective in treating voiding dysfunction; however, exacerbated urinary incontinence and persistent difficult urination remain a problem, particularly in patients with dementia.
Keywords: lower urinary tract dysfunction; overactive bladder; dysfunctional voiding; neurogenic bladder; botulinum toxin A lower urinary tract dysfunction; overactive bladder; dysfunctional voiding; neurogenic bladder; botulinum toxin A

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Jiang, Y.-H.; Jhang, J.-F.; Chen, S.-F.; Kuo, H.-C. Real-Life Treatment Outcome of Botulinum Toxin A Injection on Overactive Bladder and Voiding Dysfunction in Patients with Central Nervous System Lesions. Toxins 2024, 16, 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins16030123

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Jiang Y-H, Jhang J-F, Chen S-F, Kuo H-C. Real-Life Treatment Outcome of Botulinum Toxin A Injection on Overactive Bladder and Voiding Dysfunction in Patients with Central Nervous System Lesions. Toxins. 2024; 16(3):123. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins16030123

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Jiang, Yuan-Hong, Jia-Fong Jhang, Sheng-Fu Chen, and Hann-Chorng Kuo. 2024. "Real-Life Treatment Outcome of Botulinum Toxin A Injection on Overactive Bladder and Voiding Dysfunction in Patients with Central Nervous System Lesions" Toxins 16, no. 3: 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins16030123

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Jiang, Y.-H., Jhang, J.-F., Chen, S.-F., & Kuo, H.-C. (2024). Real-Life Treatment Outcome of Botulinum Toxin A Injection on Overactive Bladder and Voiding Dysfunction in Patients with Central Nervous System Lesions. Toxins, 16(3), 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins16030123

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