[Diagnostic and prognostic contribution of electromyography in postoperative incontinence in men]

The authors have drawn up a classification of sphincteral lesions, using electromyographic criteria, with the aid of electromyograms of the striated sphincter of the urethra in forty eight patients treated surgically for prostatic adenoma, and presenting with postoperative incontinence persisting for more than eight days after removal of the catheter. This classification in turn serves as a basis for the drawing up of prognostic criteria for these incontinences, treated by electrotherapy.