Improved bladder emptying in urinary retention by electrical stimulation of pudendal afferents

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-154

  Peng, Chih Wei ^a,b   Chen, Jia Jin Jason ^b   Cheng, Chen Li ^c   Grill, Warren M ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; LEAD; SHRINKAGE;

ANIMAL MODELS; ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; LOW INTENSITY; NEW APPROACHES; URINARY RETENTION;

SENSORY FEEDBACK;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; URINE RETENTION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY RETENTION; URINATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 47349118100     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/5/2/005     Document Type: Article

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