Effectiveness of Magnetic Stimulation in the Treatment of Female UUI.

Urinary incontinence is becoming an increasingly common health, social and economic problem. The prevalence of urinary incontinence is estimated at 55% of the entire female population. Urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) is the least common subtype of urinary incontinence but has debilitating symptoms that lead to a decrease in quality of life. Ultimately, the urogynegology field does not have many successful types of treatments for this specific subtype. Extracorporeal magnetic stimulation of the pelvic floor is a type of conservative management that produces a magnetic field, which induces controlled depolarization of the nerves, resulting in pelvic muscle contraction and sacral S2-S4 roots neuromodulation. Therefore, it relieves symptoms of UUI and improves quality of life.There was no randomized, sham-controlled study published that researched the effectiveness of magnetic stimulation in the treatment of UUI that evaluated the success with subjective and objective methods, such as urodynamic studies.The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of magnetic stimulation in the treatment of urgency urinary incontinence.

Inclusion Criteria:urgency urinary incontinence proved by urodynamic studies18 years of ageExclusion Criteria:pregnancycystitis or other active infectionsstress or mixed urinary incontinenceprolapse of pelvic organs with POP-Q score greated than 2fecal incontinencesevere medical conditions (e.g. active treatment of cancer)connective tissue diseaseneurologic disease