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Is there a PVR cutoff over which you worry about urinary retention when giving bladder botox to spontaneously voiding patients with suprapontine lesions?

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Urology · Helios-Urology of St. Louis

I am not worried about numbers, but symptoms. If the patient is improved and happy, then I am not concerned about PVR unless infections become an issue.

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Urology · University of Florida

I usually stick to the Botox package insert which says that it is contraindicated for intradetrusor use in patients with PVR>200 mL who are not routinely performing CIC. I strongly suggest that any patient learns CIC before Botox who has some impaired emptying.

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