R. Tomita et al., TERMINAL MOTOR LATENCY IN THE PUDENDAL NERVES AFTER COLECTOMY WITH MUCOSAL PROCTECTOMY AND ILEAL J-POUCH-ANAL ANASTOMOSIS FOR ULCERATIVE-COLITIS, SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 25(2), 1995, pp. 187-189
Pudendal nerve terminal motor latencies (PNTML) were measured in eight
patients with ulcerative colitis who underwent colectomy with mucosal
proctectomy and ileal J pouch-anal anastomosis, using a new digitally
directed transrectal stimulation and recording technique, and the res
ults were compared with data obtained from 15 control subjects. The co
nduction delay of PNTML in the patients with some degree of fecal inco
ntinence was the longest, followed by those without any incontinence,
and then the control subjects. These findings support the hypothesis t
hat fecal incontinence after this procedure may be partially caused by
damage to the pudendal nerve.