What is an Atonic Bladder?
Tension-free bladder refers to the complete loss of bladder function, which occurs mostly in the early stages of spinal cord injury, detrusor paralysis, contraction of the internal sphincter, and relaxation of the external sphincter. The main manifestations are urine retention, and the bladder is highly filled and cannot be excreted. [1]
Tension-free bladder
discuss- Chinese name
- Tension-free bladder
- Foreign name
- atonic bladder
- Meaning
- Refers to a complete loss of bladder function
- Features
- The bladder is full and inflated, and the tension of the bladder wall decreases
- Tension-free bladder refers to the complete loss of bladder function, which occurs mostly in the early stages of spinal cord injury, detrusor paralysis, contraction of the internal sphincter, and relaxation of the external sphincter. The main manifestations are urine retention, and the bladder is highly filled and cannot be excreted. [1]
- atonic bladder
- The afferent nerve of the bladder is damaged, and the afferent signal of bladder filling cannot be transmitted to the sacral spinal cord, and then the bladder filling cannot reflect and cause tension increase.
- Therefore, the bladder is filled and inflated, and the tension of the bladder wall is reduced, which is called a tension-free bladder.