Sexual functioning in patients with lower urinary tract dysfunction improves after percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 470-475

  Van Balken, M R ^a   Verguns, H ^b   Bemelmans, B L H ^c  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Neuromodulation; Overactive bladder; Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation; Retention; Sexual functioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TIBIAL NERVE; URETHRA DISEASE; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33748302048     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901457     Document Type: Article

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