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This book describes the clinical application of clean intermittent catheterization (CIC), a method regularly emptying the bladder under clean conditions by using a catheter through the urethra or cystostomy. First chapters introduce the basic knowledge and operation methods of CIC, and following chapters cover the clinical application of CIC, the evaluation and follow-up of CIC. The relevant operation of CIC is illustrated in detail. It is an important reference book for medical staff, graduate students and undergraduate students who are engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of various disorders of urination, especially for medical staff of urology, pediatric surgery (pediatric urology), rehabilitation department and neurology department, and for urinary control and stoma nursing staff, as well as for patients who need CIC.

This book aims to impart all the practical knowledge required in order to evaluate and treat children with anatomical, neurological, and functional incontinence. It explains how appropriate choice of management in childhood depends first of all on a correct diagnosis, then on thorough urodynamic evaluation, and finally on sound assessment of the condition of the individual patient. The full range of relevant pathologies are considered and all of the treatment options are extensively discussed, including behavioral therapy, rehabilitation, physiotherapy, pharmacotherapy, neuromodulation, endoscopic procedures, and surgical reconstruction. Careful attention is paid to the impacts that treatments performed during childhood may have on later adult life, including on fertility and pregnancy, with a view to ensuring that the reader will be in a position to time treatments correctly, thereby avoiding adverse effects, and possess all the information needed to address the concerns of patients and their families. The book will be of value to pediatricians, urologists, nurses, physiotherapist, students, and all others with an interest in the field.