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The Structure of the Bladder Neck in Male Bladder Neck Obstruction
Author(s) -
BOOTH C. M.,
SHAH P. J. R.,
MILROY E. J. G.,
THOMPSON SALLYANN,
GOSLING J. A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1983.tb03298.x
Subject(s) - neck of urinary bladder , medicine , urology , abnormality , anatomy , sphincter , urinary bladder , cholinergic , psychiatry
SUMMARY— A light microscope and neurohistochemical study is presented of full thickness biopsies from the bladder neck of 10 middle‐aged males with urodynamically proven bladder neck obstruction. Apart from varying degrees of collagen deposition in seven cases, no abnormality was present in the detrusor and pre‐prostatic components of the bladder neck muscles or in the distribution of cholinergic nerve fibres. The normal noradrenergic innervation to the pre‐prostatic sphincter was absent in all specimens; this may be age‐related.