Urethral pressure measurement after division of the external sphincter.
The completeness and permanence of 'division of the external sphincter' is assessed in a group of 30 spinal injury patients. The urethral pressure profile technique is effective in estimating the completeness of the operation. Both in the short-term and the long-term (four month to 16 years) the results of the operation are excellent with no mortality.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D011312:Pressure; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications; D014521:Urethra / Q000502:physiology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*