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. 2022 Oct 7:2022.8.SPINE22291. doi: 10.3171/2022.8.SPINE22291

TABLE 3.

Proposed reinnervation strategy

Target Terminal Nerve Nerve Root Origin Primary Function Reinnervating Nerve Nerve Root Origin Proposed Outcome
Detrusor muscle
Anterior vesical branch of pelvic nerve
S2–4
Contraction of bladder
Posterior division of obturator
L2–4
Bladder contraction w/ thigh adduction
Genital dermatome
Pudendal nerve
S2–4
Somatic sensation
Saphenous nerve
L2–4
Increased sensation
External urinary sphincter Pudendal nerve S2–4 Somatic control of external urinary sphincter Branch to vastus medialis L2–4 Increased sphincter tone