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Electrostimulation in the treatment of neurogenic vesical dysfunction

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Electric stimulation of the urinary bladder restores normal micturition, promotes vesical contraction, prevents vesico-ureteral reflux, and, in general, normalizes conditions of the urinary tract. Radio-frequency stimulation in cases of vesical atonia seems to be a promising method for the restoration of normal micturition. A number of problems have to be solved before a general adoption of the method.

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  1. Department of Urology, N. I. Pirogov Second Medical Institute, Moscow, U.S.S.R.

    N. A. Lopatkin & V. Ya. Simonov

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Lopatkin, N.A., Simonov, V.Y. Electrostimulation in the treatment of neurogenic vesical dysfunction. International Urology and Nephrology 3, 373–378 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02082286

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