The male external urethral sphincter is autonomically innervated.
Krystel Nyangoh TimohDavid MoszkowiczMaud CrezeMazen ZaitounaMargaux FelberCédric LebacleDjibril DialloJelena MartinovicAshutosh TewariVincent LavouéGevorg GhukasyanGerard BenoitThomas BessedePublished in: Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) (2020)
This study provides anatomical evidence of an autonomic component in the innervation of the external US that travels in the neurovascular bundle. During radical prostatectomy, the rectourethral muscle and the neurovascular bundles are to be preserved, particularly during apical dissection.