Functional anatomy of the male continence mechanism;Funktionelle Anatomie des männlichen Kontinenzmechanismus

Urologe - Ausgabe A

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-480

  Schwalenberg, T ^a   Neuhaus, J ^a   Dartsch, M ^a   Weissenfels P ^a   Loffler S ^b   Stolzenburg, J U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomical nomenclature; Integral concept; Male urinary incontinence; Musculo fibrous anchorage; Urethral longitudinal musculature

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BLADDER NECK; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTINENCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; MICTURITION; REVIEW; URETHRA; ARTICLE; BLADDER; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINEUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUSCLE, STRIATED; PERINEUM; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 77954940843     PISSN: 03402592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00120-010-2262-3     Document Type: Review

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