Abstract | PURPOSE: MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 91 children with a mean age of 8.6 years who presented to our outpatient clinic with primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis and had not received any medical therapy were included in the study. The children were randomized into 2 groups. In group 1 laser acupuncture was performed 3 times a week for 4 weeks, whereas the same program via a nonlaser light to the same points was performed on the children in group 2 (placebo group). The number of weekly bed-wetting episodes before therapy was recorded, and the children were reevaluated 15, 30, 90 and 180 days after treatment. RESULTS: The mean number of bed-wetting episodes was 1.7 per week 6 months after laser therapy. In the placebo group the mean number of weekly bed-wetting episodes was 3.1. Laser acupuncture therapy was significantly more beneficial compared to placebo in terms of complete dryness, partial improvement and a decrease in the mean number of weekly bed-wetting episodes. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | M Ihsan Karaman, Orhan Koca, Eyüp V Küçük, Metin Öztürk, Mustafa Güneş, Cevdet Kaya |
Journal | The Journal of urology
(J Urol)
Vol. 185
Issue 5
Pg. 1852-6
(May 2011)
ISSN: 1527-3792 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 21420121
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2011 American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Acupuncture Therapy
(instrumentation, methods)
- Adolescent
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Humans
- Laser Therapy
(instrumentation, methods)
- Male
- Nocturnal Enuresis
(therapy)
- Placebos
- Prospective Studies
- Single-Blind Method
- Statistics, Nonparametric
- Treatment Outcome
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