[The study of diagnostic capabilities of somatosensory evoked potentials in patients with neurogenic urinary retention].

OBJECTIVE

To study diagnostic capabilities of somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP) in clarifying the mechanisms of formation of urinary disorders.

MATERIAL AND

METHODS

The authors studied the characteristics of nerve impulses during stimulation of the pudendal and tibial nerves in patients with neurogenic urinary retention and cerebral ischemic stroke in the parietal lobes (4 patients), spinal ischemic stroke (10 patients), myelitis at the level of thoracic segments (7 patients), spinal cord cauda equina tumors (3 patients).

RESULTS AND

CONCLUSION

The study of SSEPs made it possible to determine the localization and nature of damage to the structures of the central nervous system and to establish the neurogenic cause of urinary disorders.