Treatment of urinary incontinence due to incomplete spinal cord injury with acupuncture and percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation: Two cases and literature review

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-26

  Dorsher, Peter T ^a   Reimer, Ronald ^a   Nottmeier, Eric ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Neurogenic bladder; Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 77953368154     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2009.0630     Document Type: Article

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