Cystometric and External Urethral Sphincter Measurements in Awake Rats with Implanted Catheter and Electrodes Allowing for Repeated Measurements

Elena E. Foditsch; Karin Roider; Andrea M. Sartori; Thomas M. Kessler; Sabik Raj Kayastha; Ludwig Aigner; Marc P. Schneider

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Cystometric and External Urethral Sphincter Measurements in Awake Rats with Implanted Catheter and Electrodes Allowing for Repeated Measurements

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Cystometric and External Urethral Sphincter Measurements in Awake Rats with Implanted Catheter and Electrodes Allowing for Repeated Measurements

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10:07 min

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January 30, 2018

DOI:

10.3791/56506-v

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10.3791/56506-v

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10:07 min

January 30, 2018

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Elena E. Foditsch^1,2, Karin Roider^1,2, Andrea M. Sartori^3,4,5, Thomas M. Kessler⁵, Sabik Raj Kayastha⁶, Ludwig Aigner², Marc P. Schneider⁷

¹Department of Urology, Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg,Paracelsus Medical University ²Institute of Molecular Regenerative Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg,Paracelsus Medical University ³Brain Research Institute,University of Zürich ⁴Department of Health Sciences and Technology,Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich ⁵Neuro-Urology, Spinal Cord Injury Center & Research,University of Zürich, Balgrist University Hospital ⁶Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology,Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University Hospital ⁷Department of Urology, Inselspital,Bern University Hospital

Summary

This protocol first describes the surgical procedure of the permanent implantation of a urinary bladder catheter combined with external urethral sphincter electrodes, and second, the measurement of the function of the urinary bladder and external urethral sphincter in implanted awake animals.