title: Vaginal cones: a conservative method of treating genuine stress incontinence.
abstract: A set of weighted vaginal cones designed to exercise the pelvic floor muscles was used by a group of 39 premenopausal patients with genuine stress incontinence who were awaiting corrective surgery. The effectiveness of the exercises in reducing urinary loss was assessed with a standard urine pad test before and after 1 month of training. Of the 30 women who completed 1 month of the exercises 70% felt they were improved or cured and 90% found it an acceptable method of treatment. Of the 30 women only 11 (37%) opted for surgery after training. There was a highly significant correlation (P less than 0.001, rs = -0.21) between decreased urine loss and increase in retained cone weight.
authors.affiliation: St James's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Peattie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Plevnik
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Stanton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000628:therapy*; D014621:Vagina