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- Inflatable artificial sphincter - 1
- Inflatable artificial sphincter - 2
- Inflatable artificial sphincter - 3
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- Inflatable artificial sphincter - 5
Normal anatomy
Urinary control (continence) is maintained by a muscular sphincter that surrounds the urethra as it leaves the bladder.
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Review Date: 12/20/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief; Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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