Afferent Pathways Arising from the Lower Urinary Tract after Complete Spinal Cord Injury or Cauda Equina Lesion: Clinical Observations with Neurophysiological Implications | Zendy

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Afferent Pathways Arising from the Lower Urinary Tract after Complete Spinal Cord Injury or Cauda Equina Lesion: Clinical Observations with Neurophysiological Implications

Author(s) -

André Reitz

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

urologia internationalis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1423-0399

pISSN - 0042-1138

DOI - 10.1159/000342815

Subject(s) - cauda equina , medicine , conus medullaris , spinal cord , lesion , spinal cord injury , sensation , urinary bladder , anatomy , urinary system , surgery , neuroscience , psychiatry , biology

Afferents from the urinary tract transmit bladder sensations to the central nervous system. Spinal cord injury (SCI) may affect both efferent motor and afferent sensory pathways. Presence/absence of bladder sensations in patients with complete spinal cord, conus or cauda equina lesions was compared with neurologically unimpaired patients.

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