Ageing with Spinal Cord Injury, Bladder and bowel

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

As life expectancy increases, there is a growing population of ageing individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCI). Aging exacerbates many of the challenges faced by SCI patients, particularly when it comes to bladder and bowel management.

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 centre 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 counselling to rehabilitation, from pharmacotherapy to surgery.

In this webinar you will hear from Dr. Rebecca Haddad who is a physician specialising 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 ageing with disabilities, with a particular focus on bladder ageing.