“…Unfortunately, detrusor EMG has been accompanied by many problems during the last 45 years, leading to contradictory reports in the literature (Corey et al, 1951;Boyce, 1952;Franksson & Petersen, 1953;Brunsting, 1958;Fredericks et al, 1969;Stanton et al, 1973Stanton et al, , 1974Cosgrove et al, 1974Cosgrove et al, , 1977Jones et al, 1974;Doyle et al, 1975;La Joie et al, 1975;Craggs & Stephenson, 1976, 1985Kaplan et al, 1976;Abdel-Rahman et al, 1982;Takaiwa et al, 1983aTakaiwa et al, , b, 1992Takaiwa & Shiraiwa, 1984;Jünemann et al, 1994;Shafik, 1994). To review common problems of detrusor EMG to date, five exemplary cases will be discussed (Corey et al, 1951;Boyce, 1952;Brunsting, 1958;Stanton et al, 1973Stanton et al, , 1974Doyle et al, 1975;Craggs & Stephenson, 1976, 1985Takaiwa et al, 1983aTakaiwa et al, ,b, 1992Takaiwa & Shiraiwa, 1984).…”