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ELECTRONIC CONTROL OF INCONTINENCE: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE PRESENT SITUATION
Author(s) -
Edwards Lynn,
Malvern John
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1972.tb10107.x
Subject(s) - term (time) , medicine , control (management) , computer science , artificial intelligence , physics , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY 1. The results obtained in a series of 64 patients with incontinence treated by electronic methods are discussed. 2. It is suggested that present methods of predicting success are unsatisfactory, and that treatment might equally satisfactorily be undertaken in a random manner. 3. Electronic treatment is most likely to succeed in those cases where operation is indicated, and is likely to fail in those cases where surgery is also likely to fail. 4. Electronic treatment may provide a useful method of short term control of incontinence, but in the long term it is unlikely to replace conventional methods of treatment.