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Bladder & Kidneys

Bladder Management Options following Spinal Cord Injury (PDF)
Learn about the problems caused by your injury and the strategies used to help you manage bladder problems. (en español)

Surgical Alternatives for Bladder Management following Spinal Cord Injury (PDF)
Learn how surgery can be used to help manage bladder problems if nonsurgical approaches do not work. (en español)

Urinary Tract Infection and Spinal Cord Injury (PDF)
UTI is one of the most common medical problems after SCI. Learn more about your risk for UTI, how to best prevent it, and what to do if you get it. (en español)

Bladder Management
This 33 minute video outlines the importance of bladder management on QOL. The types of bladder management programs and techniques are illustrated (Male and female anatomical models utilized to demonstrate proper techniques). Prevention and treatment of UTI Risks for stone formation are also discussed.  This video is one in an 11-part video series provided by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System (UAB-SCIMS).
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Bladder Management Following Spinal Cord Injury: What You Should Know (PDF)
This consumer guide is published by the Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine.

Bladder Series: Maintaining a Healthy Bladder
This is a video from the Rocky Mountain Regional Spinal Cord Injury System – Spanish

Bladder Series: The Urinary Tract, Normal Structure and Function
This is a video from the Rocky Mountain Regional Spinal Cord Injury System – Spanish

Bladder Series: Bladder Management Options
This is a video from the Rocky Mountain Regional Spinal Cord Injury System – Spanish

Bladder Cancer 
This is one of the Spinal Cord Injury Resource Library from the Rocky Mountain Regional Spinal Cord Injury System

Purple Urine Bag
This is one of the Spinal Cord Injury Resource Library from the Rocky Mountain Regional Spinal Cord Injury System Spanish

Urinary Tract Infection
This is one of the Spinal Cord Injury Resource Library from the Rocky Mountain Regional Spinal Cord Injury System Spanish

Smoking: Lungs, Skin, and Bladder
This is one of the Spinal Cord Injury Resource Library from the Rocky Mountain Regional Spinal Cord Injury System – Spanish

Bladder
A chapter from the Spinal Cord Injury Patient – Family Teaching Manual published by the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley (RSCICDV) at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Magee Rehabilitation Hospital. Spanish

Smoking's Effects on Secondary Complications of Spinal Cord Injury
This 11 minute video focuses on how many complications people experience after SCI are only made worse with smoking. Topics include respiratory complications (pneumonia), cardiovascular complications (blood flow), bladder cancer, osteoporosis (bone loss), pressure ulcers, pain, erectile dysfunction, and reproductive health for women. Also discussed, the almost equal harmful effects of secondhand smoke, how to quit smoking, and the benefits of quitting.