Chronic instrumentation with model microstimulators in an animal model of the lower urinary tract

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 114-120

  Walter, James S ^a,b,c   Wheeler, John S ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Mary Pat ^b   McDonnell, Allison ^a   Wurster, Robert D ^b  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Edward E Hines Jr Veterans Affairs Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Electrical stimulation; Spinal cord injuries; Urinary retention; Urinary tract physiology; Urination disorders

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANUS SPHINCTER; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BLADDER WALL; CADAVER; CAT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; MICTURITION; MICTURITION DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETHRA FUNCTION; URODYNAMICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 20444501287     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2005.11753808     Document Type: Review

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