title: Recording the bladder electromyogram for bladder activity evaluation during post-operative urinary urgency.
abstract: When the intravesical pressure cannot be measured because of continuous drainage, bladder electromyography is an alternative means of evaluating the functional condition of the urinary bladder. However, many problems that accompany this procedure have not been solved. In the present study we tried bladder electromyography with a newly-developed carbon fiber electrode in a patient who underwent an open prostatectomy. It was helpful in recognizing the relationship between urinary urgency and the spasmic activity of the vesicular detrusor muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Yonezawa City Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takaiwa
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukaya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiraiwa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*