Abstract: Voiding dysfunction is a serious complication after spinal cord injury.Now we have no effective treatment to deal with it,related operations mainly belong to reconstructive methods without long-term certain results.Neuromodulation,as a kind of way to suppress overactive detrusor,supposes to be an effective method.This paper would discuss its origin,application of dorsal penile nerve modulation and its candidate mechanism to certify the feasibility of neuromodulation on spinal cord injury patients.

Key words: dorsal penile nerve, pudendal nerve, spinal cord injury, neurogenic bladder, overactive detrusor, review