Posterior tibial nerve stimulation: Is the once-a-week protocol the best option?;Elettrostimolazione percutanea del nervo tibiale posteriore: Il trattamento settimanale è la migliore opzione?

Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-123

  Agrò, E Finazzi ^a   Campagna, A ^a   Sciobica, F ^a   Petta, F ^a   Germani, S ^a   Zuccala A ^a   Miano, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Incontinence; Overactive bladder; Tibial nerve

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLADDER DIARY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION; NERVE STIMULATION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE STIMULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 22144434082     PISSN: 03932249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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