Neurogenic bladder and bowel management

Mayo Clinic's approach

• Experience. Mayo Clinic doctors and staff have helped thousands of people recover from traumatic spinal cord injuries and nontraumatic spinal disorders using many therapies. The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) has accredited the Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

• Integrated team. Experts in many fields collaborate on Mayo Clinic's spinal cord injury rehabilitation team. The team is led by doctors trained in physical medicine and rehabilitation, bladder management (urologists), bowel surgery (colorectal surgeons), bone and muscle surgery (orthopedic surgeons), and brain and nervous system surgery (neurosurgeons).

  Your treatment team also includes nurses, mental health professionals, physical therapists, occupational and recreational therapists, and other specialists.

• Individualized treatment. Your team will create a treatment plan tailored to meet your needs and work with you to help you manage your bladder and bowel function. You and your family are integral parts of the treatment team, and you'll be informed and involved in making decisions and setting goals.

• Ongoing care. Mayo Clinic doctors trained in physical medicine and rehabilitation and other staff offer a full range of spinal cord injury rehabilitation services.

  Your spinal cord injury rehabilitation team provides inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient rehabilitation and lifelong care.

• Pediatric expertise. Specialists in Pediatric Rehabilitation care for children with spinal cord injuries at Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, Minnesota.
• Research. Mayo Clinic researchers study outcomes, rehabilitation options and potential treatments for people with spinal cord injuries and conduct clinical trials.

Expertise and rankings

Mayo Clinic doctors and staff have helped thousands of people recover from traumatic spinal cord injuries and nontraumatic spinal disorders using a wide range of therapies.

Nationally recognized expertise

The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) has accredited the Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program at Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota. Specialists at Mayo Clinic's Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program have experience treating people of all ages with spinal cord injuries of all levels and severity.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery, for urology, for orthopedics, and for rehabilitation by U.S. News & World Report.

Learn more about Mayo Clinic's neurology and neurosurgery departments' expertise and rankings.

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