Bladder voiding by combined high frequency electrical pudendal nerve block and sacral root stimulation

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 435-439

  Boger, Adam ^a,b   Bhadra, Narendra ^a,b   Gustafson, Kenneth J ^a,b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; High frequency alternating current; Micturition; Neurogenic bladder

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; ELECTRICAL PUDENDAL NERVE BLOCK; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MICTURITION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NONHUMAN; PUDENDAL NERVE; SACRAL NERVE ROOT; SACRAL ROOT STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL ROOT; URETHRA PRESSURE; UROFLOWMETRY;

ANIMALS; CATS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; LAMINECTOMY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 47249113061     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20538     Document Type: Article

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