Inefficient urethral milking secondary to urethral dysfunction as an additional risk factor for incontinence after radical prostatectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2247-2252

  Bader, Pia ^a   Hugonnet, Christophe L ^a   Burkhard, Fiona C ^a   Studer, Urs E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Prostatectomy; Sensory thresholds; Urethra; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA FUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0035164406     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)65544-9     Document Type: Article

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