Implantable selective stimulator to improve bladder voiding: Design and chronic experiments in dogs

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 464-470

  Boyer, Stéphane ^b   Sawan, Mohamad ^a,b   Abdel Gawad, Mahmoud ^c   Robin, Simon ^b   Elhilali, Mostafa M ^c  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic experiments; Implantable stimulator; Sacral roots; Selective electrical stimulation; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DOG; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE VOLUME;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034473503     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.895949     Document Type: Article

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