Electrically stimulated free-flap graciloplasty for urinary sphincter reconstruction: A new surgical procedure

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 84-91

  Van Aalst, Vera C ^b   Werker, Paul M N ^b   Stremel, Richard W ^b   Perez Abadia, Gustavo A ^b   Petty, Grant D ^b   Heilman, Steven J ^b   Palacio, Martin M ^b   Kon, Moshe ^b   Tobin, Gordon R ^b   Barker, John H ^a  

^a Div of Plast and Reconstr Surgery   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESSURE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0031798756     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199807000-00013     Document Type: Article

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