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Internal Urethral Sphincter Function

Internal Urethral Sphincter Function is the involuntary physiological mechanism mediated by smooth muscle at the bladder neck and proximal urethra that maintains urinary continence by providing autonomic, tonic contraction to prevent urine leakage during filling phase of the bladder.

218

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9.6K

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796

Authors

278

Institutions

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2017–2026

9

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Publications

218

Pubovaginal Sling Procedure for Stress Incontinence

Edward J. McGuire, Bernard Lytton · The Journal of Urology · 1978 · 433 citations

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Full Functional-Length Urethral Sphincter Preservation During Radical Prostatectomy

Thorsten Schlomm, Hans Heinzer, Thomas Steuber et al. · European Urology · 2011 · 268 citations

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The effects of birth on urinary continence mechanisms and other pelvic-floor characteristics*1

Sylvain Meyer · Obstetrics and Gynecology · 1998 · 251 citations

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Transneuronal labeling of neurons in the adult rat brainstem and spinal cord after injection of pseudorabies virus into the urethra

Margaret A. Vizzard, Vickie L. Erickson, J. Patrick Card et al. · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1995 · 180 citations

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Improved sphincter contractility after allogenic muscle-derived progenitor cell injection into the denervated rat urethra

Tracy W. Cannon, Ji Youl Lee, George T. Somogyi et al. · Urology · 2003 · 166 citations

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Authors

796

  1. EJ
    Edward J. McGuire

    University of Michigan, United States

    6 publications · 654 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. EA
    Emil A. Tanagho

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    5 publications · 277 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. PT
    Peter Thind

    Rigshospitalet, Denmark

    4 publications · 72 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. WC
    William C. de Groat

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    4 publications · 349 citations

    4

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  5. MB
    Michael B. Chancellor

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    4 publications · 403 citations

    4

    h-index

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Institutions

278

  1. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    8 h-index

    41 publications

    3.7K citations

  2. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    885 citations

  4. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    6 h-index

    21 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    729 citations

  6. Rigshospitalet

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    838 citations

  7. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    416 citations

  8. Cleveland Clinic

    Cleveland, United States

    4 h-index

    21 publications

    1.3K citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Urology

    45 publications · 2.7K citations

    28

    h-index

  2. Urology

    26 publications · 1.1K citations

    18

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 13 publications · 388 citations

    12

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  4. International Urogynecology Journal

    13 publications · 405 citations

    12

    h-index

  5. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

    AJOG · 9 publications · 576 citations

    9

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