Impact of sacral surface therapeutic electrical stimulation on early recovery of urinary continence after radical retropubic prostatectomy: a pilot study.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate whether sacral surface therapeutic electrical stimulation (SSTES) initiated during the early postoperative period would be effective towards early recovery of postprostatectomy urinary continence.


METHODS
A total of 35 consecutive patients who underwent radical prostatectomy by a single surgeon were enrolled in this study. Twenty early patients began pelvic floor muscle exercise (PME). Fifteen subsequent patients received SSTES postoperatively with no instruction for PME provided. Immediate urinary function just after catheter removal was evaluated with frequency-volume chart and 24-hour pad test.


RESULTS
There were no differences between the SSTES and PME groups in maximum voided volume capacity (MVV) and urine loss ratio (ULR) on the first day after removal of urethral catheter. However, on day 3 MVV was significantly larger and ULR was also significantly lower in the SSTES group.


CONCLUSIONS
SSTES treatment is feasible and appears to be effective for early recovery of urinary continence after radical prostatectomy.
Nakagawa
Haruo
H
Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1.1 Seiryo Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
Kaiho
Yasuhiro
Y
Namiki
Shunichi
S
Ishidoya
Shigeto
S
Saito
Seiichi
S
Arai
Yoichi
Y
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