TAI for children: With my help, my son started with transanal irrigation (TAI) at the age of three

Paul and his son Tim, who is now 16 years old, were early adopters of TAI, so much so that they almost invented the therapy themselves…

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Topics: Transanal irrigation (TAI), Children and TAI

Passion for dancing: Meet Joel Brown

Joel’s older brother was driving the car, packed with siblings, returning from a sunny day at the lake when the accident happened. At the age of 9 Joel suffered a spinal cord injury, but it didn’t stop him from making his way to the dance floor.

Photo by Hugo Glendinning 

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Topics: Sports and leisure, Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

What’s the best way to ensure quality in urology care?

If you ask the European Association of Urology Nurses (EAUN) they would say: Guidelines. We took the opportunity to talk to Susanne Vahr, Clinical Nurse Specialist at University Hospital of Copenhagen, but also a board member of EAUN, responsible for the EAUN guidelines.

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Topics: Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC)

Exchanging the wheelchair for a Porsche

There are 10 000 people with a racing license in the UK. 200 of them are women, and one of them has a spinal cord injury. Her name is Nathalie McGloin and today she is at the ACCT symposium in Sweden to share her inspiring story.  For you who will miss it – here is a teaser!

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Topics: Sports and leisure, Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Advancing Continence Care Together (ACCT)

Neurogenic bladder and bowel – two sides of the same coin?

Heads or tails? It's the same coin, and when treating neurogenic bladder and bowel, it's the patient that is the unifying focus.

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Topics: Neurogenic bladder, Neurogenic bowel