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Detrusor inhibition induced by stimulation of pudendal nerve afferents
Author(s) -
Vodusek David B.,
Light J. Keith,
Libby James M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
neurourology and urodynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1520-6777
pISSN - 0733-2467
DOI - 10.1002/nau.1930050404
Subject(s) - bulbocavernosus reflex , medicine , clitoris , pudendal nerve , stimulation , penis , hyperreflexia , reflex , anesthesia , dorsum , contraction (grammar) , urination , detrusor muscle , spinal cord , muscle contraction , urology , urinary bladder , anatomy , urinary system , psychiatry
A critical analysis of therapeutic vesicoinhibitory electrical stimulation is presented based on a study of ten patients with suprasacral spinal cord lesions and detrusor hyperreflexia. The detrusor contraction was either completely abolished, or the threshold of the contraction significantly increased, with electrical stimulation delivered to the dorsal nerves of penis (or clitoris) via surface electrodes. A current strength of 0.09 to 3.5 times the bulbocavernosus reflex threshold was used.