Conveyor Belt Entrapment Trauma in Children: An Unreported Menace

A retrospective study was conducted including all the childrenwho sustained motorized machine belt entrapment injuries. Sixchildren included in study had mean (SD) Glosgow coma scaleand pediatric trauma score of 5.7 (3.54) and 3.2 (1.21),respectively. Overall mortality and paraplegia rate were 33.3%each. Awareness and legislation both are important to curb thismenace

Urodynamic Assessment of Bladder Behaviour in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Patients in Response to Rehabilitation: Findings from a Government Tertiary Care Hospital in Bihar, India

The objective of the study was to document the bladder behaviour in response to rehabilitation intervention in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) using urodynamic study (UDS). Additionally, it also aimed to compare the nature of the bladder in a rehabilitated and non- rehabilitated neurogenic bladder of traumatic SCI. Study design: The study adopted a prospective follow-up design. Setting: Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College and Hospital (JLNMCH), Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. Methods: One hundred and thirty traumatic SCI patients mean age 31.3±7.8 years, 113 males and 17 females, admitted for rehabilitation were done UDS to see the bladder behaviour in response to rehabilitation intervention and compare the nature of bladder of the rehabilitated and that of the non-rehabilitated neurogenic bladder. Result: There were significant changes in the max. cystometric capacity (p=0.019) after rehab intervention in upper motor neuron (UMN) neurogenic bladders. The compliance, Pdet. at first desire to void and Pdet. at max. cystometric capacity were also found to have significant correlations (p=0.010, 0.010 and 0.013 respectively) in those with UMN neurogenic bladders. However, the volume at the first desire to void did not show significant changes after rehabilitation intervention (p=0.54). Significant decrease in amplitude and frequency was found in involuntary contractions (detrusor hyper-reflexia). In lower motor neuron (LMN) neurogenic bladder significant changes after rehabilitation intervention was found only in the max. cystometric capacity (p=0.015). Conclusion: Based on these findings we conclude that the change in the nature of the rehabilitated neurogenic bladder is different with the type of bladder.