Electrical stimulation of the dorsal clitoral nerve reduces incontinence episodes in idiopathic faecal incontinent patients: A pilot study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 349-355

  Worsoe J ^a,b   Fynne, L ^a   Laurberg, S ^a   Krogh, K ^a   Rijkhoff, N J M ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dorsal genital nerve; Electrical stimulation; Faecal incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSAL GENITAL NERVE; DORSAL GENITAL NERVE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; DORSAL ROOT; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FI QUALITY OF LIFE SCORE; FI SEVERITY SCORE; FI SEVERITY VISUAL ANALOGUE SCORE; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; PULSE WAVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RECTUM; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; ST MARK SCORE; SYMPTOM; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEXNER SCORE;

ADULT; AGED; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUDENDAL NERVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856728862     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02586.x     Document Type: Article

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