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Detrusor inhibition on selective pudendal nerve stimulation in the perineum
Author(s) -
Vodušek D. B.,
Plevnik S.,
Vrtačnik P.,
Janež J.
Publication year - 1987
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.1930060506
Subject(s) - medicine , pudendal nerve , urination , stimulation , perineum , pelvic floor , hyperreflexia , anesthesia , nerve stimulation , urology , urethral sphincter , electromyography , surgery , urethra , urinary system , anatomy , physical medicine and rehabilitation
Selective electrical pudendal nerve stimulation calibrated to achieve a “maximal motor response” as recorded electromyographically in the periurethral sphincter was found to increase the micturition threshold in three neurological patients with detrusor hyperreflexia. Such electrical stimulation (0.2‐ms long pulses at 5 Hz and up to 2.0 mA) could conceivably be also supplied by an implanted “vesicoinhibitory” stimulator, and this report is considered as a pilot study towards formulation of such a therapeutic approach.