title: [Sexual examination of spinal cord injured males].
abstract: This article describes the sexual examination of spinal cord injured males. It comprises a clinical interview followed by a neurological exam which purpose is to distinguish the lesion level with respect to sacral and thoracic-lumbar innervation of the genitalia. It also comprises a physiological recording of sexual responses to reflexogenic and psychogenic stimulation. The neurological exam allows prediction of sexual responses in 83% of the cases, while the clinical interview only allows a prediction in 47% of the cases. With this sexual examination it has been possible to determine the sexual capacity of spinal cord injured males, a capacity which is discusses with respect to the lesion level and the type of stimulation inducing erection.
authors.affiliation: Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Henry Gabrielle, Service d'Urologie, Saint Genis-Laval.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Courtois
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leriche
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D010410:Penile Erection / Q000502:physiology; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: L'examen sexologique du blessé médullaire.