Stages of vegatative afferentation in reorganization of bladder control during intravesical electrotherapy.
420 patients were treated with transurethral, intravesical electrotherapy to improve the function of paralyzed urinary bladder. Normal conscious micturition control was obtained by 314 patients. This electrotherapy contrasts sharply in method and goal with all implanted pacemakers or inserted electric plugs. Nor does the therapy have anything in common with various bladder training methods. The aim of therapy is to recreate vegetative afferentation from the bladder to the CNS. Reactivation of the intramural bladder receptors and facilitation processes plays an important part in establishing normal bladder control.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000502:physiology; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000628:therapy*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000628:therapy*; D014554:Urination