Abstract
ObjectivesTo study the objective and subjective effectiveness of transvaginal electrical stimulation for treatment of female pure genuine stress incontinence. Patients and methodsThis was a multicenter prospective trial including 207 patients with genuine stress incontinence who used the stimulator for 10weeks. Similar pre-treatment and post-treatment assessments included both validated symptom severity index and health-related quality of life. ResultsObjective 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. Discussion and conclusionPelvic floor electrical stimulation seems to be effective in treating female genuine stress incontinence and could be considered first-line therapy.
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