Neurostimulation for bladder evacuation: Is sacral root stimulation a substitute for microstimuiation?

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 554-566

  Probst, M ^a   Piechota, H J ^a   Hohenfellner, M ^a   Gleason, C A ^a   Tanagho, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Bladder dysfunction; Electrostimulation; Function; Nerve roots

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DOG; DURA MATER; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0031397739     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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23. Authors M. Probst, MD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow. H.J. Piechota, MD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow. M. Hohenfellner, MD, Currently Associate Professor, University of Mainz. C.A. Gleason, PhD, Biomedical Engineer. E.A. Tanagho, MD, Professor of Urology. Correspondence: Dr E. Tanagho, Department of Urology, U-575, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0738, USA.