Non-operative methods in the treatment of female genuine stress incontinence of urine

SummarySummaryThe use of three different non-operative techniques for the treatment of female genuine urinary stress incontinence has been assessed by objective means.One hundred and four patients complaining of stress incontinence were allocated at random to four groups. Sixty-five per cent of patients treated with pelvic floor exercises were significantly unproved after 3 months; interferential therapy was effective in 32 per cent of cases. Oestrogen treatment was initially beneficial in 12 per cent of patients but recurrence of symptoms occurred soon after stopping the treatmentThe control group of patients did not show any significant changes according to perineal pad weight testing, which was used for the objective assessment of incontinence. Long term follow up of these patients, after 9 months from commencing treatment still showed that pelvic floor exercises are the most effective nonsurgical treatment for this condition.