title: [Prospective evaluation of an intravaginal electrical stimulation in the treatment of women with pure genuine stress urinary incontinence].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the objective and subjective effectiveness of transvaginal electrical stimulation for treatment of female pure genuine stress incontinence.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a multicenter prospective trial including 207 patients with genuine stress incontinence who used the stimulator for 10 weeks. Similar pre-treatment and post-treatment assessments included both validated symptom severity index and health-related quality of life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Objective evaluation showed a significant improvement in 65.7% of subjects with stress incontinence. All domains of quality of life improved significantly after treatment (P=0.0001) and rate of satisfactory was 84.7%. There were no statistical differences between the two stimulators.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pelvic floor electrical stimulation seems to be effective in treating female genuine stress incontinence and could be considered first-line therapy.
authors.affiliation: Département de gynécologie-obstétrique, hôpital Nord, université Jean-Monnet, CHU de Saint-Étienne, avenue Albert-Raimond, 42023 Saint-Étienne, France. chenegautier@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chêne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mansoor
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jacquetin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mellier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Douvier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sergent
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aubard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seffert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017773:Pelvic Floor; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000628:therapy*; D014621:Vagina