Conservative management of chronic interstitial cystitis: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and transurethral resection.

Abstract

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation was used in a prospective series of 23 patients with classical interstitial cystitis. This treatment reduced pain in 18 patients and urinary frequency returned to normal in 8. Four women with a history of cystitis for 1 or 2 decades had no symptoms during transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for 7 or more years and lesions disappeared or were hardly detectable. A 2 to 3-fold increase in bladder capacity with anesthesia also was registered. Complete transurethral resection of visible lesions in 30 patients resulted in initial disappearance of pain in all and a decrease in urinary frequency in 21. The mode of action of the 2 methods and registered complications are discussed.

• Authors: M Fall
• Journal: The Journal of urology (J Urol) Vol. 133 Issue 5 Pg. 774-8 (May 1985) ISSN: 0022-5347 [Print] United States
• PMID: 3872946 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Biopsy
• Chronic Disease
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Cystitis (pathology, therapy)
• Cystoscopy
• Electric Stimulation Therapy (adverse effects)
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Postoperative Complications (epidemiology)
• Prospective Studies
• Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (adverse effects)
• Urethra
• Urinary Bladder (pathology, surgery)