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Descriptor English: Urinary Sphincter, Artificial
Descriptor Spanish: Esfínter Urinario Artificial
Descriptor esfínter urinario artificial
Entry term(s) esfinter genitourinario artificial
Scope note: Dispositivo artificial implantado, usualmente en forma de un manguito de silicona inflable, que se inserta dentro o alrededor del cuello de la vejiga en el tratamiento quirúrgico de la incontinencia urinaria producida por debilidad del esfínter. A menudo se coloca alrededor de la uretra bulbosa en los hombres adultos. El esfínter urinario artificial se considera una alternativa del desvío de orina.
Descriptor Portuguese: Esfíncter Urinário Artificial
Descriptor French: Sphincter urinaire artificiel
Entry term(s): Artificial Genitourinary Sphincter
Artificial Genitourinary Sphincters
Artificial Urinary Sphincter
Artificial Urinary Sphincters
Genitourinary Sphincter, Artificial
Genitourinary Sphincters, Artificial
Sphincter, Artificial Genitourinary
Sphincter, Artificial Urinary
Sphincters, Artificial Genitourinary
Sphincters, Artificial Urinary
Urinary Sphincters, Artificial
Tree number(s): E07.695.850
E07.858.082.900
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016741
Scope note: An artifical implanted device, usually in the form of an inflatable silicone cuff, inserted in or around the bladder neck in the surgical treatment of urinary incontinence caused by sphincter weakness. Often it is placed around the bulbous urethra in adult males. The artificial urinary sphincter is considered an alternative to urinary diversion.
Annotation: /psychol permitted
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Implants, Artificial (1976-1991)
Urinary Incontinence/surgery (1969-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 29753
Unique ID: D016741
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/02
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Urinary Sphincter, Artificial - Preferred
Concept UI M0025496
Scope note An artifical implanted device, usually in the form of an inflatable silicone cuff, inserted in or around the bladder neck in the surgical treatment of urinary incontinence caused by sphincter weakness. Often it is placed around the bulbous urethra in adult males. The artificial urinary sphincter is considered an alternative to urinary diversion.
Preferred term Urinary Sphincter, Artificial
Entry term(s) Artificial Genitourinary Sphincter
Artificial Genitourinary Sphincters
Artificial Urinary Sphincter
Artificial Urinary Sphincters
Genitourinary Sphincter, Artificial
Genitourinary Sphincters, Artificial
Sphincter, Artificial Genitourinary
Sphincter, Artificial Urinary
Sphincters, Artificial Genitourinary
Sphincters, Artificial Urinary
Urinary Sphincters, Artificial



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