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Twenty-year experience with the Mentor bladder pacemaker. 1995

L M Coffman, and L H Finkelstein

Department of Surgery, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, PA 19131-1694, USA.

Twenty years after placement of a Mentor bladder pacemaker, a 38-year-old woman with spina bifida cystica still has controlled detrusor contraction and complete bladder emptying. The varied treatment modalities for this difficult group of patients has included electronic bladder stimulation. Although no longer commonly used, electronic bladder stimulation has shown long-term efficiency in this patient.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010138	Pacemaker, Artificial	A device designed to stimulate, by electric impulses, contraction of the heart muscles. It may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external).	Cardiac Pacemaker, Artificial,Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker,Artificial Cardiac Pacemakers,Artificial Pacemaker,Artificial Pacemakers,Cardiac Pacemakers, Artificial,Pacemaker, Artificial Cardiac,Pacemakers, Artificial,Pacemakers, Artificial Cardiac
D001750	Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic	Dysfunction of the URINARY BLADDER due to disease of the central or peripheral nervous system pathways involved in the control of URINATION. This is often associated with SPINAL CORD DISEASES, but may also be caused by BRAIN DISEASES or PERIPHERAL NERVE DISEASES.	Bladder Disorder, Neurogenic,Neurogenic Bladder,Bladder Neurogenesis,Bladder, Neurogenic,Neurogenic Bladder Disorder,Neurogenic Bladder, Atonic,Neurogenic Bladder, Spastic,Neurogenic Bladder, Uninhibited,Neurogenic Dysfunction of the Urinary Bladder,Neurogenic Urinary Bladder Disorder,Neurogenic Urinary Bladder, Atonic,Neurogenic Urinary Bladder, Spastic,Neurogenic Urinary Bladder, Uninhibited,Neuropathic Bladder,Urinary Bladder Disorder, Neurogenic,Urinary Bladder Neurogenesis,Urinary Bladder Neurogenic Dysfunction,Atonic Neurogenic Bladder,Neurogenesis, Bladder,Neurogenesis, Urinary Bladder,Neurogenic Bladder Disorders,Neurogenic Urinary Bladder,Spastic Neurogenic Bladder,Uninhibited Neurogenic Bladder
D004599	Electric Stimulation Therapy	Application of electric current in treatment without the generation of perceptible heat. It includes electric stimulation of nerves or muscles, passage of current into the body, or use of interrupted current of low intensity to raise the detection threshold of the skin to pain.	Electrotherapy,Electrical Stimulation Therapy,Interferential Current Electrotherapy,Therapeutic Electric Stimulation,Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation,Therapy, Electric Stimulation,Electric Stimulation, Therapeutic,Electrical Stimulation, Therapeutic,Electrotherapy, Interferential Current,Stimulation Therapy, Electric,Stimulation Therapy, Electrical,Stimulation, Therapeutic Electric,Stimulation, Therapeutic Electrical,Therapy, Electrical Stimulation
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D016135	Spinal Dysraphism	Congenital defects of closure of one or more vertebral arches, which may be associated with malformations of the spinal cord, nerve roots, congenital fibrous bands, lipomas, and congenital cysts. These malformations range from mild (e.g., SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA) to severe, including rachischisis where there is complete failure of neural tube and spinal cord fusion, resulting in exposure of the spinal cord at the surface. Spinal dysraphism includes all forms of spina bifida. The open form is called SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA and the closed form is SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p34)	Rachischisis,Spina Bifida,Status Dysraphicus,Cleft Spine,Open Spine,Schistorrhachis,Spinal Dysraphia,Bifida, Spina,Cleft Spines,Dysraphia, Spinal,Dysraphicus, Status,Dysraphism, Spinal,Dysraphisms, Spinal,Open Spines,Rachischises,Spina Bifidas,Spinal Dysraphias,Spinal Dysraphisms,Spine, Cleft,Spine, Open

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