Topography of the pelvic autonomic nervous system and its potential impact on surgical intervention in the pelvis

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-130

  Baader, B ^a,b   Herrmann, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Frankenwaldklinik Kronach ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; Incontinence; Pelvic plexus; Prostatectomy; Rectal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLADDER DISEASE; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; HYSTERECTOMY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; NERVE PLEXUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PUDENDAL NERVE; RECTUM SURGERY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL ROOT; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; TOPOGRAPHY; URETER; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VENTRAL ROOT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FETAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RECTUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037287383     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10105     Document Type: Article

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