Experimental Electrophysiological and Pressure Responses of Urinary Bladder Detrusor to Lumbar to Sacral Nerve Rerouting - An Animal Study with Negative Results.

Unlabelled: Background/Aims/Objectives: To verify the transfer of evoked potentials through anastomosis of an experimentally created micturition reflex arc and to detect said potentials directly on the detrusor and sphincter of rabbit urinary bladder.

Methods: During 2013-2015, 17 rabbits were operated upon and measurement followed during reoperation 3-16 months later. Suitable ventral spinal roots were electrophysiologically detected following laminectomy, and a somatic-central nervous system-autonomic micturition reflex arc was created.