Surgical anatomy of the somatic terminal innervation to the anal and urethral sphincters: Role in anal and urethral surgery

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-89

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a   Doss, Sameh ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence; Iatrogenic disease; Nerve ending; Sphincter, anal; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BLADDER INNERVATION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROANATOMY; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0032855173     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)62072-X     Document Type: Article

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