Perineal Magnetic Stimulation for Female Urinary Incontinence
| Autor: | O. De Francesco, L. Zanollo, S. Confalonieri, S. Nervi, S.D. Sandri, M. Sommariva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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| Zdroj: | Urologia Journal. 72:107-110 |
| ISSN: | 1724-6075 0391-5603 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/039156030507200129 |
| Popis: | Perineal Magnetic Stimulation (PMS) is a new technique in pelvic floor rehabilitation which produces magnetic fields that induce involuntary perineal muscles contraction. Our aims were to evaluate efficacy and tolerability in different types of female urinary incontinence. Material and Methods 104 consecutive female outpatients complaining of urinary incontinence were enrolled, 53 suffered of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), 37 of mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) and 14 of urge incontinence (UI). The whole treatment consists of two sessions a week of PMS for a total of six weeks. Results After one course of treatment 8 patients (8%) were cured, 53 (51%) felt improved and 43 (41%) were unchanged. Better results were obtained in pure stress urinary incontinence, while the presence of bladder overactivity reduced the cure dramatically. If the subjective results were related to the entity of the incontinence, evaluated with the one hour weighting pad test, we could see that only a urinary leakage superior to 50 g makes resulted very poor. Conclusions PMS is a new simple perineal rehabilitative technique with instrumental higher costs but less nurse time involvement, with similar results to the usual pelvic floor fisiotherapy and without side effects. |
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