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University of Patras

ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΦΥΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΙΕΡΩΝ ΑΝΤΑΝΑΚΛΑΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΣΤΙΣ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΚΕΣ ΔΙΑΤΑΡΑΧΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΤΩΤΕΡΟΥ ΟΥΡΟΠΟΙΗΤΙΚΟΥ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΟΣ

Abstract

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THIS STUDY EXAMINES PATIENTS WITH FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS OF THE LOWER URINARY TRACT WHICH ARE CLASSIFIED AS NON-NEUROPENIC. THE AIM WAS TO INVESTIGATE WITH NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES THEIR NERVE SUPPLY FOR ABNORMALITIES UNSUSPECTED BY CLINICAL EXAMINATION. THE CLASSICAL WAY TO DISTINGUISH THE NEUROGENIC FROM THE NON- NEUROGENIC AETIOLOGY IS CLINICAL EXAMINATION AND IN THIS STUDY ALL PATIENTSHAD NORMAL NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION. THE 82 PATIENTS WERE DIVIDED INTO FOUR GROUPS ACCORDING TO THEIR MAIN PRESENTING SYMPTOMS. THESE GROUPS WERE: 1) PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY IDIOPATHIC DETRUSOR INSTABILITY. 2) PRIMARY ADULTS ENURETICS. 3)FEMALES WITH IDIOPATHIC ACUTE RETENTION OF URINE. 4) FEMALES WITH GENUINE STRESS INCONTINENCE. ALL THE PATIENTS HAD THE FOLLOWING NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS: 1) ELECTROMYOGRAPHY OF THE URETHRAL AND ANAL SPHINCTERS. 2) THE STUDY OF THE ELECTROSENSITIVITY AT THE DORSAL NERVE OF THE PENIS/CLITORIS AND URETHRA. 3) THE REFLEX LATENCIES BETWEEN DORSAL NERVE, URETHRAL AND ANAL SPHINCTERS. THE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT THE MAJORITY OF THESE PATIENTS HAVE DEFECTS IN THE NERVE SUPPLY OF THE LOWER URINARY TRACT WHICH SEEMS TO CORRELATE WITH THE DISORDER. THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT: NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO CONFIRMOR EXCLUDE THE NEUROLOGICAL COMPONENT IN PATIENTS WITH URODYNAMIC ABNORMALITIES.

Degree

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Grantor dc:publisher
University of Patras
Year dc:date
1987

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • Fidas, Athanasios
  • Φειδάς, Αθανάσιος

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0601
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0601

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2026-07-24
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citation

Fidas, Athanasios; Φειδάς, Αθανάσιος. ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΦΥΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΙΕΡΩΝ ΑΝΤΑΝΑΚΛΑΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΣΤΙΣ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΚΕΣ ΔΙΑΤΑΡΑΧΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΤΩΤΕΡΟΥ ΟΥΡΟΠΟΙΗΤΙΚΟΥ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΟΣ. University of Patras, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0601