Neuromodulation 10 years on: How widely should we use this technique in bladder dysfunction?

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-379

  Bolton, John F ^a   Harrison, Simon C W ^a  

^a PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation therapy; Neuromodulation; Sacrum; Urination disorders

Indexed keywords

BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CYSTALGIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; UROLOGY;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 68249085495     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32832ac55e     Document Type: Review

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