Transfer of normal S1 nerve root to reinnervate atonic bladder due to conus medullaris injury

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 241-245

  Lin, Haodong ^a   Hou, Chunlin ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bladder; Nerve transfer; Reflex pathway; Reinnervation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER INNERVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTONIC BLADDER; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDULLARY CONE INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE ROOT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL URINE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTRAL ROOT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC;

EID: 84873051157     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23507     Document Type: Article

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