Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Vol 78, Issue 4 294-300, Copyright © 1985 by Royal Society of Medicine
ORIGINAL ARTICLES |
SJ Snooks, M Swash and MM Henry
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.