... to the distal part of a catheter. The electromyographic activity of the external urethral sphincter was recorded using a concentric needle electrode inserted into the muscle. The procedure was repeated in 10 patients after muscle infiltration with Xylocaine or saline. Rectal distension evoked external urethral...

... sacral plexus and the pudendal nerve from the cada equina down to their final destination. Our anatomic dissection demonstrated that the voluntary external urethral sphincter mechanism is augmented by two separate muscular components: the levator ani and the transversus perinei muscle. Urodynamic...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Urinary continence Urethral closure mechanism External urethral sphincter Smooth sphincter mechanism Intrinsic...

... and normal subjects, this method has been found to be a useful clinical urodynamic technique well suited even to a nonambulatory spinal cord injury patient. Neurogenic bladder Urethral pressure profile Spinal cord injuries External urethral sphincter © 1977 S. Karger AG, Basel 1977 Copyright...

... manometry Neurogenic bladder External urethral sphincter ...