title: Evolution of bladder contraction in course of time after implantation of a sacral anterior root stimulator.
abstract: We reviewed bladder contraction evolution after sacral anterior root stimulator implantation in thirty patients operated on from 1984 to 1991. Two patients underwent a complete denervation with a reinnervation within a maximal time of seventeen months. One patient underwent a lesion, like a neuropraxia with a complete recovery at four months. Five patients have undergone a partial denervation with a recovery of miction by neurostimulation within the time of eighteen months. In three patients, bladder contraction disappeared for various reasons.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Specialise De L'Arche, Saint Saturnin, La Milesse, Le Mans, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Egon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colombel
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Isambert
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guerin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barat
mesh_terms: D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009121:Muscle Denervation; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000294:innervation* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*