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A neurogenic element to urinary genuine stress incontinence
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb05277.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 91, Issue 1, pages 41–45, January 1984
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ANDERSON, R. S. (1984), A neurogenic element to urinary genuine stress incontinence. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 91: 41–45. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb05277.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received 30 March 1983; Accepted 15 August 1983
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Summary. The motor unit fibre density in the external anal sphincter has been measured in 35 women with genuine stress incontinence and in 14 continent women. The mean (SD) fibre density in the normal women was 1.5 (0.15) and in the incontinent women it was 1.96 (0.34) (P<0.002). These data provide evidence of peripheral denervation of the external anal sphincter and imply synchronous denervation of the pelvic floor muscles. It is suggested that denervation is an aetiological factor in genuine stress incontinence.