title: Relation between perineal descent and pudendal nerve damage in idiopathic faecal incontinence.
abstract: In 60 patients with idiopathic anorectal incontinence, without neurological disease, there was a significant relationship, shown by regression analysis, between the pudendal nerve terminal motor latency and the extent of perineal descent during straining (r 0.59; p less than 0.001), and the plane of the perineum on straining (r -0.61; p less than 0.001). These data are consistent with the suggestion that perineal descent can lead to stretch-induced damage to the perineal nerves in this condition.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000294:innervation*; D003672:Defecation; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004576:Electromyography; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D010502:Perineum / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012044:Regression Analysis