The treatment of detrusor incontinence by electrical stimulation.
Cystometrograms were done on 20 patients before and during transrectal stimulation to determine if electrical stimulation increased the detrusor reflex threshold. In 4 patients the detrusor reflex threshold was increased during stimulation and urinary continence was restored. However, each patient became incontinent when transrectal stimulation was discontinued for 1 to 5 days. Thus, cyclic periods of stimulation were necessary to maintain the beneficial effects of electrical stimulation and a permanent pelvic floor stimulator was implanted since chronic transrectal stimulation was inconvenient.
D000328:Adult; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000628:therapy*