Abstract Background Transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS) and percutaneous (PTNS) are effective safe therapies for overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome in adults. However, few randomized sham-controlled trials have been conducted a pediatric population. To our knowledge, both never compared children. Aim The aim of the complete study is twofold: (1) to assess efficacy TTNS therapy on symp...

Serial somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) to median and posterior tibial nerve stimulation in a case with familial heterozygous hypobetalipoproteinemia and vitamin E deficiency were investigated over a period of 4 years. In serial SEPs to posterior tibial nerve stimulation, interpeak latencies between N20 and P2 were delayed even in the early clinical stage, although the peak latency of N20...

Faecal incontinence is a common multifactorial condition with a range of invasive treatment options, all of which may be associated with significant complications. Posterior tibial stimulation by continence nurses is an established treatment for urinary incontinence; however, its use in faecal incontinence, while rapidly evolving, is limited to eight small and differing studies. In this article...

BACKGROUND Unilateral posterior tibial nerve stimulation has been shown to improve fecal incontinence in the short term. Posterior tibial nerve stimulation is believed to work by stimulation of the ascending afferent spinal pathways. Bilateral stimulation may activate more of these pathways. This may lead to an improved therapeutic effect. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the eff...

INTRODUCTION Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) is an established treatment for overactive bladder (OAB), especially in women with other concomitant pelvic disorders, such as sexual impairment. AIM To evaluate the impact of PTNS on female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in women undergoing PTNS for OAB and analyze the results. METHODS An observational prospective study was conducted in t...

Paired stimulation of the common peroneal and posterior tibial nerve was used to study the recovery cycle of lumbosacral somatosensory evoked potentials in 10 control subjects and in one patient with rhythmic segmental myoclonus of the leg involving the L2-L4 myotomes. In normal subjects the peripheral nerve volley in the cauda equina had recovered at an interstimulus interval of 3 ms whereas t...