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In a pilot study 6 women with stress urinary incontinence were treated with Geisha balls while performing pelvic floor muscle exercises at home half an hour a day for 12 weeks. Subjectively 4 patients were cured and 2 had improved. Before the treatment the 24-hour pad test was a mean 48 g and after the treatment a mean 10 g. There were no adverse effects.
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Glavind, K. Conservative Treatment of Stress Incontinence with Geisha Balls. Int Urogynecol J 12, 223–225 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001920170042
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001920170042