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Reconstruction of Bladder Innervation Above the Level of Spinal Cord Injury for Inducing Urination by Abdomen-to-Bladder Reflex Contractions

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Spinal-cord injuries (SCIs) can seriously damage somatic motion and sensation. However, they can also cause visceral neurogenic dysfunctions, among which compromised micturition, compromised defecation, and disturbances when engaging in coitus are the most common problems. The hyper-reflexic spastic bladder is believed to be a more significant dysfunction because the high intravesical pressure in the bladder can result in damage to the bladder–ureter countercurrent multiplier system and the kidneys; these major complications can cause death in SCI patients [1].

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  1. Department of orthopedic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Fengyang Road 415, Shanghai, 200003, People’s Republic of China

    Haodong Lin & Chunlin Hou M.D.

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

    Jinwu Wang

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

    Guibin Zhong

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Lin, H., Wang, J., Zhong, G., Hou, C. (2014). Reconstruction of Bladder Innervation Above the Level of Spinal Cord Injury for Inducing Urination by Abdomen-to-Bladder Reflex Contractions. In: Hou, C. (eds) Functional Bladder Reconstruction Following Spinal Cord Injury via Neural Approaches. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7766-8_8

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