Urogenital diaphragm: An erroneous concept casting its shadow over the sphincter urethrae and deep perineal space

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 279-290

  Mirilas, Petros ^a,b   Skandalakis, John E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CLITORIS; DIAPHRAGM; EMBRYOLOGY; FASCIA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEMBRANE; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMINAL VESICLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TOPOGRAPHY; URETER; URETHRA;

EID: 0842286503     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2003.07.022     Document Type: Article

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