title: [Electrophysiological study of the distal motor branch of the internal pudendal nerve].
abstract: The authors describe their experience with the Swash technique. It consists of the measurement of the latency over the distal segment of the motor branch of the pudendal nerve following a transrectal stimulation of the pudendal nerve during a rectal examination. The response is picked up from the anal sphincter by the use of a surface electrode and from the bulbocavernosus muscle with a needle electrode.
authors.affiliation: Cliniques Saint-Luc, Université de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgique.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Opsomer
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Damiens
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torrini
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Meurisse
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Wese
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Van Cangh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000294:innervation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007837:Latency Period, Psychological; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000503:physiopathology*
vernacular_title: Etude électrophysiologique de la branche motrice distale du nerf honteux interne.