• Department of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400010, P.R.China;
TAN Botao, Email: tanbotao592@126.com
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Objectives To systematically review the efficacy of pelvic floor electrical stimulation on urinary dysfunction.Methods PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library, CBM, CNKI, VIP and WanFang Data databases were searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the efficacy of pelvic floor electrical stimulation on urinary dysfunction from inception to August 2018. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed risk of bias of included studies; then, meta-analysis was performed by using RevMan 5.3 software.Results A total of 9 RCTs involving 559 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that the pelvic floor electrical stimulation group was superior to the control group in bladder volume before and after treatment(MD=79.25, 95%CI 40.36 to 118.15, P<0.000 1), residual urine volume (MD=35.50, 95%CI 7.60 to 63.41, P=0.01), maximum detrusor pressure (MD=5.19, 95%CI 2.11 to 8.27, P<0.001), number of leaks (RR=1.95, 95%CI 1.39 to 2.52, P<0.000 01), daily average urination frequency (RR=2.64, 95%CI 1.97 to 3.31, P<0.000 01), and international lower urinary tract score (MD=5.07, 95%CI 2.17 to 7.96, P=0.000 6).Conclusions Current evidence shows that pelvic floor electrical stimulation is an effective therapy for urinary dysfunction. Due to limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high quality-studies are required to verify the above conclusion.

Citation: JIANG Wei, SONG Yunling, TAN Botao. The efficacy of pelvic floor electrical stimulation on urinary dysfunction:a meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2019, 19(4): 424-429. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201809063 Copy

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