Intraurethral sphincter prosthesis to treat hyporeflexic bladders in women: Does it work?

BJU International

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 789-794

  Schurch, B ^a   Suter, S ^b   Dubs, M ^b  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clean intermittent catheterization; Neurogenic bladder; Sphincter prosthesis; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTOSCOPY; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; IMPLANTATION; INCONTINENCE; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; MICTURITION; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PUMP; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPHINCTER; SYMPTOM; URETHRA; URETHRA INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VALVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON DILATATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINARY SPHINCTER, ARTIFICIAL; URINATION;

EID: 0032726345     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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