SynthesisInternational urogynecology journal2012
A systematic review of clinical studies of electrical stimulation for treatment of lower urinary tract dysfunction.
Synthesis in International urogynecology journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05309993 (INvestigation of TENS Efficacy Versus Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation for Overactive Bladder), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.
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INvestigation of TENS Efficacy Versus Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation for Overactive Bladder
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Percutaneous electrical neurostimulation of dermatome T6 for appetite reduction and weight loss in morbidly obese patients.Obesity surgery · 2014Trial
- Transvaginal electrical stimulation with surface-EMG biofeedback in managing stress urinary incontinence in women of premenopausal age: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial.International urogynecology journal · 2013Trial
- Tibial Nerve Stimulation: Recent Progress and Challenges.Current urology reports · 2026Review
- Long-Term Effect of Early Post-operative Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation on Voiding Function After Radical Hysterectomy: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
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- Effect of integrin β1 in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence by electrical stimulation.Molecular medicine reports · 2019Article
- A comparison of sacral neuromodulation vs. transvaginal electrical stimulation for the treatment of refractory overactive bladder: the impact on quality of life, body image, sexual function, and emotional well-being.Przeglad menopauzalny = Menopause review · 2019Review
- Voiding Dysfunction After Non-urologic Pelvic Surgery.Current urology reports · 2018Review
- Sacral neuromodulation for neurogenic bladder and bowel dysfunction with multiple symptoms secondary to spinal cord disease.Spinal cord · 2015Article
- The management of childhood urinary incontinence.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2015Review
- Results of sacral nerve neuromodulation for double incontinence in adults.Techniques in coloproctology · 2014Review
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Abstract
introduction and hypothesisThe aim of this manuscript was to provide a systematic literature review of clinical trial evidence for a range of electrical stimulation therapies in the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).
methodsThe databases MEDLINE, BIOSIS Previews, Inside Conferences, and EMBASE were searched. Original clinical studies with greater than 15 subjects were included.
resultsSeventy-three studies were included, representing implanted sacral nerve stimulation (SNS), percutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS), and transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TENS) therapy modalities.
conclusionsMedian mean reductions in incontinence episodes and voiding frequency were similar for implanted SNS and PTNS. However, long-term follow-up data to validate the sustained benefit of PTNS are lacking. Despite a substantial body of research devoted to SNS validation, it is not possible to definitively define the appropriate role of this therapy owing largely to study design flaws that inhibited rigorous intention to treat analyses for the majority of these studies.
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