Transurethral Sphincterotomy Provides Significant Relief in Autonomic Dysreflexia in Spinal Cord Injured Male Patients: Long-Term Followup Results

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1026-1029

  Perkash, Inder ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic dysreflexia; bladder; blood pressure; neurogenic; urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTOMETRY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL URINE; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CYSTOTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC;

EID: 33846785623     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.10.066     Document Type: Article

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