title: Abnormalities in central and peripheral nerve conduction in patients with anorectal incontinence.
abstract: Thirty women with idiopathic anorectal incontinence were investigated by nerve conduction studies. Twenty-two (73%) patients had abnormal nerve conduction studies. In 7 (23%) of these patients there was conduction delay in the cauda equina between L1 and L4 vertebral levels but in the remainder the distal innervation of the pelvic sphincters was abnormal.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Snooks
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Swash
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000294:innervation*; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000503:physiopathology; D004576:Electromyography; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009431:Neural Conduction; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications