Aging with Spinal Cord Injury: Bladder & Bowel

This article summarizes the key challenges and recommendations identified in clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) governing an aging population with a spinal cord injury. It also highlights gaps and areas of improvement in existing guidelines.

In this webinar you will hear from Dr. Gianna Rodriguez, clinical Professor from Michigan US. She is the Director of the Spinal Cory Injury (SCI) Program in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) at Michigan Medicine in the US.

In this webinar you will hear from Dr. Gianluca Sampogna, a urologic surgeon working at the Spinal Unit, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, a referral center for bladder, bowel, and sexual health issues in spinal cord injured population. He is the Head of the Sexual Health Program which offers many solutions from sexual counseling to rehabilitation, from pharmacotherapy to surgery.

In this webinar, you will hear from Dr. Rebecca Haddad who is a physician specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with a focus on geriatrics at Sorbonne Université in Paris, France. Her clinical, research, and teaching work is dedicated to the care of people aging with disabilities, with a particular focus on bladder aging.

This article explores how the aging process affects bladder and bowel function in SCI patients and discusses the need for specialized management strategies.