The reticulospinal tracts are significant for the control of the anus and bladder: Insights from a complicated spinal cord stimulation case
CONTEXT: a patient with spinal cord injury underwent spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and developed bladder and anal dysfunction, following inadvertent migration of the stimulation electrodes. FINDINGS: we provide evidence that the reticulospinal tracts are significant for the control of the anus and bladder rhabdosphincters. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: we discuss the appropriate positioning of SCS electrodes.
Authors
- Spyros Deftereos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-543X)
- Athanasia Alexoudi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8137-8253)
- Damianos E. Sakas
- Konstantinos E. Kostantinidis
Institutions
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- University of West Attica (GR)
- Institut de Neurophysiopathologie (FR)
- Athens Medical Center (GR)
- Evangelismos Hospital (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
- Published
- 2026-04-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2026.2657699
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00