Objective measurement of bladder sensation: Use of a new patient-activated device and response to neuromodulation

BJU International

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 29-36

  Craggs, Michael D ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder sensation; Detrusor overactivity; Neuromodulation; Overactive bladder; Urinary urgency

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER FILLING; CYSTOGRAPHY; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DEVICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NEUROMODULATION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE VOLUME; URODYNAMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MANOMETRY; PRESSURE; SENSATION DISORDERS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGY;

EID: 24044520693     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05649.x     Document Type: Review

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