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Effect of anal electrostimulation with the‘Incontan’ device in women with urinary incontinence
Author(s) -
ERIKSEN B. C.,
BERGMANN S.,
MJØLNERØD O. K.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1987.tb02342.x
Subject(s) - urinary incontinence , medicine , urge incontinence , stress incontinence , stimulation , urology
Summary. An integrated, automatic electrical stimulator has been developed to treat urinary incontinence. A group of 121 women with either stress‐, motor urge‐ or mixed incontinence was selected for treatment, but 23 discontinued the treatment within 3 months and were excluded from the study. In the study group of 98 women, anal stimulation was applied for an average of 9 months (range 3–36 months). Between 9 and 36 months after the treatment was completed, 91% were either continent or had improved significantly, but in 9% the stimulation had no effect. Significant improvement occurred on clinical and urodynamic testing. There were no serious side‐effects. Intra‐anal electrostimulation therapy provides an alternative to surgery in patients with stress incontinence, and could be the first choice of treatment in women with combined stress and motor urge incontinence.