Treatment frequency and long-term efficacy observation on electric pudendal nerve stimulation for stress urinary incontinence
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Treatment frequency and long-term efficacy observation on electric pudendal nerve stimulation for stress urinary incontinence
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J Acupunct Tuina Sci (2013), Zhao, Lin;Wang, Si-you
Abstract
Objective—To observe the effect of different treatment frequency of electric pudendal nerve stimulation (EPNS) on stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Methods—A total of 60 female SUI cases were randomly allocated into group A and group B, 30 in each group. Cases in both groups were treated with EPNS, 3 times a week for group A, versus twice a week for group B. Then clinical symptoms, stress urinary incontinence and quality of life (QOL) were assessed respectively before treatment and after 12 times of treatment by using questionnaire. In addition, for 99 cases whose clinical symptom scores were reduced by more than 50% after EPNS treatment, a telephone interview follow-up was conducted. Results—The cases in the treatment group were better than those in the control group in the enhancement of clinical effects, the decline of VAS scores and the improvement of clinical symptoms and sign integrals, with statistical significance (P<0.01 or P<0.05). Conclusion—EPNS has positive effect for female SUI; different treatment frequencies have certain impact on clinical effect: the effect achieved by 3 times a week was better than that by twice a week; and this therapy has stable long-term effect.
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English
issn
1672-3597
issue
3
page end
180
page start
177
volume
11