Clinical study of reconstructed bladder innervation below the level of spinal cord injury to produce urination by Achilles tendon-to-bladder reflex contractions: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 452-457

  Lin, Haodong ^a   Hou, Chunlin ^a   Zhen, Xianyou ^a   Xu, Zhen ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Micturition; Neurogenic bladder; Reflex pathway; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC HYPERREFLEXIA; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER INNERVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION REFLEX; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REINNERVATION; RESIDUAL URINE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URODYNAMICS; VENTRAL ROOT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX, STRETCH; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINATION; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 66449132851     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.1.SPINE08540     Document Type: Article

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