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Electrophysiologic Evaluation of the Pelvic Floor

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An urogynecological patient with a suspected neurogenic pelvic floor/pelvic organ dysfunction requires a basic neurological history and examination. Such patients may for various reasons be candidates for uroneurophysiological testing. Particularly (quantitative) concentric needle EMG and recording the clitorocavernosus/bulbocavernosus reflex is recommended as standard (and standardized) procedure in selected patients, particularly if they are candidates for invasive therapeutic procedures. The limitations of functional testing of the lower urinary tract innervation have to be acknowledged. In this chapter, all uroneurophsiological tests are described and commented.

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  1. Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Simon Podnar

  2. Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    David B. Vodušek

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  1. University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Francisco E. Martins

  2. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Henriette Veiby Holm

  3. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Jaspreet Sandhu

  4. Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Kurt A McCammon

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Podnar, S., Vodušek, D.B. (2023). Electrophysiologic Evaluation of the Pelvic Floor. In: Martins, F.E., Holm, H.V., Sandhu, J., McCammon, K.A. (eds) Female Genitourinary and Pelvic Floor Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71112-2_9-1

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