Cystometric and External Urethral Sphincter Measurements in Awake Rats with Implanted Catheter and Electrodes Allowing for Repeated MeasurementsElena E. Foditsch 1,2, Karin Roider 1,2, Andrea M. Sartori 3,4,5, Thomas M. Kessler 5, Sabik Raj Kayastha 6, Ludwig Aigner 2, Marc P. Schneider 7
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
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.
