High frequency sacral root nerve block allows bladder voiding

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 677-682

  Boger, Adam S ^a,b   Bhadra, Narendra ^a,b   Gustafson, Kenneth J ^a,b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Nerve block; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; MALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION REFLEX; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; SACRAL NERVE BLOCK; SPINAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; CATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL PROSTHESES; PRESSURE; REFLEX; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TIME FACTORS; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 84862555892     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.21075     Document Type: Article

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