Clinical Study

Combined Diagnostic Modalities Improve Detection of Detrusor External Sphincter Dyssynergia

Table 3

Type of neurologic diagnosis in patients diagnosed with detrusor-external sphincter dyssynergia DESD. (Note that some patients may have more than one diagnosis.)

DiagnosisNumber of patients

Multiple sclerosis13
Spinal cord injury11
Paraplegia7
Quadraplegia4
Spinal disc disease5
Closed head injury3
Spinal surgery3
Spinal stenosis2
Freidrich’s ataxia1
Spina bifida1
Focal cortical lesion1
Myasthenia gravis1
Other6