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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
The diagnostic value of anal sphincter electromyography (EMG), electrical bulbocavernosus reflex (BCR) and pudendal somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) was studied in 16 male patients with disturbances of bladder function or defecation or with erectile dysfunction (ED) of at least several weeks' duration. All 16 patients had proven neurogenic disorders in the lumbosacral region. Eleven presented with bladder dysfunction, four with defecation problems, and nine with ED (some had more than one symptom). Fifteen patients had a pathological sphincter EMG, 14 patients a pathological BCR, and six patients a pathological pudendal SEP. Thus, the sphincter EMG was the most sensitive technique in the diagnosis of chronic pudendal lesions. However, pure afferent lesions cannot be detected by the sphincter EMG. In this case, the BCR, using unilateral stimulation of the dorsal nerves of the penis, provides the opportunity to distinguish between afferent and efferent lesions of the sacral reflex arc.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0028-2804
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
140-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Afferent Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Anal Canal, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Electromyography, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Erectile Dysfunction, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Fecal Incontinence, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Functional Laterality, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Lumbosacral Plexus, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Penis, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Reaction Time, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Reflex, Abnormal, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Urinary Bladder, pubmed-meshheading:8851295-Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
[Anal sphincter electromyography, bulbocavernosus reflex and pudendal somatosensory evoked potentials in diagnosis of neurogenic lumbosacral lesions with disorders of bladder and large intestine emptying and erectile dysfunction].
pubmed:affiliation
Abteilung für klinische Neurophysiologie, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract