...Ahmed Shafik The present communication studies the technique and clinical significance of a new reflex which I called ‘rectourethral reflex’. The study comprised 29 subjects with normal anorectal and urinary functions. The procedure consisted of inflating the rectum with a balloon connected...

...-tape monitoring and radiographic image intensification. Special catheter balloons with radiopaque markings were employed for pressure measurements. The behavior of the external urethral sphincter during spinal shock and the sequence of return of sacral somatic and visceral motor reflexes during...