title: Vaginal electrostimulation for the treatment of genuine stress incontinence.
abstract: The value of vaginal electrostimulation for genuine stress incontinence was evaluated in 30 women with this condition. Subjective and objective measurements were made before and after 3 and 15 months of treatment using urinary diaries, perineometry and pad tests. After 3 months use, 21 women (70%) reported a subjective improvement, but this had fallen to 9 (30%) by 15 months. There were significant reductions in the numbers of daily incontinent episodes and pad/pant changes and significant increases in the perineometry readings at both 3 and 15 months. There were no side-effects observed with electrostimulator use, but 1 patient withdrew due to a dislike of the method of treatment. Vaginal electrostimulation would seem to be a simple and well tolerated means of managing genuine stress incontinence in a selected group of women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Imrie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000628:therapy*; D014621:Vagina