Neurological disorders often cause urinary tract, sexual, and bowel dysfunction. Most neuro-urological patients need life-long care for the optimal quality of life. In this regard, The European Association of Urology (EAU) regularly updates evidence based-guidelines to assist physicians for better diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of these patients.
Any disturbance of the nervous systems that regulate the functions of lower urinary tract (LUT), mainly storage and voiding of urine, can result in neuro-urological symptoms. Depending on the extent and location of the disturbance, a variety of different neuro-urological symptoms might occur, which can be symptomatic or asymptomatic. Moreover, in most neuro-urological cases the symptoms and long-term complications do not correlate, therefore, it is important to identify patients with neuro-urological symptoms, and establish if they have a…
