The Urinary Sphincter : CRC Press : 9780824704773 : 0824704770 : 31 Aug 2001 : This up-to-the-minute reference provides comprehensive coverage of the male and female sphincteric mechanisms and their connection to the pelvic floor as well as upper and lower urinary tract function-emphasizing modern approaches to the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of abnormalities including incontinence, hypertonicity, retention, dyssynergia, and the overactive sphincter. Highlights state-of-the-art clinical, urodynamic, electrophysiological, and imaging techniques such as ultrasonographic explorations of the female urethra! Detailing lifestyle interventions, physiotherapy, disposable devices, and pharmacological therapeutics, The Urinary Sphincter covers observations in embryology and infancy that contribute to pathological phenomena in adults genital prolapse in females recent developments in the engineering and the mechanisms of action of artificial sphincters, stents, and slings, as well as s