The Presence of Fowler's Syndrome Predicts Successful Long-Term Outcome of Sacral Nerve Stimulation in Women with Urinary Retention

European Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 229-234

  De Ridder, Dirk ^a   Ost, Dieter ^a   Bruyninckx, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fowler's syndrome; Sacral nerve stimulation; Sphincter EMG; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOWLER SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MICTURITION; NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SACRAL PLEXUS; SOMATIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; URODYNAMICS;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SYNDROME; URETHRA; URINARY RETENTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33751434316     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.06.031     Document Type: Article

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