PERINEAL SYMPATHETIC SKIN-RESPONSE METHOD S AND CLINICAL-APPLICATIONSIN BLADDER DYSFUNCTION AND IMPOTENCE - CONCERNING 68 CASES

Sympathetic pathways can be assessed by using different electrophysiol ogical tests. Sympathetic skin responses (SSR) are elicited with perip heral electrical stimulation of the median nerve. SSR are recorded fro m the skin of the hand and foot and from the genital skin. SSR were al ways obtained from normal volunteers with a latency of 1 685 ms. Absen ce of SSP recorded on the perineum is often the first sign observed in neurogenic perineal disorders.