CHEN Guoqing,LIAO Limin,MIAO Di.Tibial nerve stimulation using adhesive skin surface electrodes to treat patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity secondary to spinal cord injury[J].Chinese Journal of Spine and Spinal Cord,2014,(12):1060-1063.
Tibial nerve stimulation using adhesive skin surface electrodes to treat patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity secondary to spinal cord injury
Received:July 30, 2014  Revised:September 11, 2014
English Keywords:【Key words】 Neurogenic detrusor overactivity  Spinal cord injury  Tibial nerve stimulation  Surface electrodes  Bladder capacity
Fund:国家十二五科技支撑计划课题(编号:2012BAI34B02)
Author NameAffiliation
CHEN Guoqing Department of Urology, China Rehabilitation Research Center
Department of Urology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100068, China 
LIAO Limin 中国康复研究中心北京博爱医院泌尿外科 首都医科大学泌尿外科学系 100068 北京市 
MIAO Di 中国康复研究中心北京博爱医院泌尿外科 首都医科大学泌尿外科学系 100068 北京市 
高丽娟  
韩向华  
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  【Abstract】 Objectives: To investigate the inhibitory effect of percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation(PTNS) by using adhesive skin surface electrodes in patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity(NDO) secondary to spinal cord injury(SCI). Methods: From June 2013 to April 2014, 23 patients(19 males and 4 females) with NDO secondary to SCI underwent PTNS(Bladder-Pelvic Stimulator developed by Neural Electro-Mechanics Center of Chinese Academy Sciences and Department of Urology of China Rehabilitation Research Center) using adhesive skin surface electrodes. Among them, there were 3 patients with cervical spinal cord injury, 15 patients with thoracic spinal cord injury and 5 patients with lumbar spinal cord injury. 18 cases presented with complete spinal cord injury and 5 cases were incomplete spinal cord injury. All patients received PTNS twice a week for 4 weeks. Before the treatment, 2 and 4 weeks after the treatment respectively, patients were asked to keep 3-day bladder diaries and the quality of life was evaluated by patient perception of bladder condition scale(PPBC-S). Bladder diaries included the CIC times, volume per catheterization and the total leakage volume per day. During the period of the bladder diary entries, the patients were asked to maintain a consistent volume of fluid intake. The patients were also asked about any other unanticipated adverse event during treatment. Results: All the patients completed treatment, and no unanticipated adverse events were reported. Compared with baseline, after stimulation for 2 weeks, the volume per catheterization increased from 258.7±14.7ml to 282.5±15.2ml(P<0.05), the total leakage volume per day decreased from 766.4±61.5ml to 563.3±45.4ml(P<0.05), and the PPBC-S improved from 5.2±0.1 to 4.6±0.1(P<0.05). Four weeks later, the volume per catheterization was 294.1+15.4ml, the total leakage volume per day was 541.4±47.5ml, and PPBC-S was 4.4±0.1. All indexes improved significantly compared with baseline(P<0.05), but similar to the data 2 weeks after treatment(P>0.05). Before treatment, 2 and 4 weeks after treatment, the CIC frequency was 4.3±0.3, 4.1±0.3 and 4.0±0.2 respectively(P>0.05). No unanticipated adverse events were reported. Conclusions: Tibial nerve stimulation with adhesive skin surface electrodes can inhibit detrusor overactivity, increase bladder capacity and decrease leakage volume in patients with NDO secondary to SCI.
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