Selective pelvic autonomic nerve stimulation with simultaneous intraoperative monitoring of internal anal sphincter and bladder innervation

European Surgical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 133-138

  Kneist, W ^a   Kauff, D W ^a   Koch, K P ^b   Schmidtmann, I ^a   Heimann, A ^a   Hoffmann, K P ^c   Lang, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b TRIER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Internal anal sphincter; Nerve sparing surgery; Neuromonitoring; Pelvic autonomic nerves; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; INFERIOR HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MONITORING; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMONITORING; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; PELVIC SPLANCHNIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM RESECTION;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SWINE; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 79751538076     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323558     Document Type: Article

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