Percutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation in patients with chronic pelvic pain: A preliminary study

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-62

  Kim, Soo Woong ^a   Paick, Jae Seung ^a   Ku, Ja Hyeon ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Pelvic pain; Tibial nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845954520     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096936     Document Type: Article

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