The Importance of Electrical Stimulation as a Treatment for Urinary Incontinence in Patients Prostatectomy

The Importance of Electrical Stimulation as a Treatment for Urinary Incontinence in Patients Undergoing Prostatectomy to Exercise the Pelvic Floor Muscles (MAPs): Randomised Controlled Trial, Double Blind

The use of electrical stimulation to reduce urinary incontinence in men undergoing prostatectomy exercises of the pelvic floor muscles (MAPs)

The study will be an experiment with active control, randomized, double-blind, parallel intervention. After met the eligibility criteria of the patients will be randomly allocated into two groups: Group exercises MAPs (GEX), which is the active control group and electrostimulation + exercises MAPs (GEEX).

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients with urinary sphincter deficiency resulting from a radical prostatectomy surgery
• sent by urologists the same hospital where the experiment will take place
• having the maximum time six months after surgery
• to use 2 to 5 disposable protective per day

Exclusion Criteria:

• Symptoms of urinary tract infection
• symptoms of lower urinary tract obstruction
• anal fistula
• metallic implant in the body
• transurethral resection of prostate
• radiation therapy
• non-enforcement of the proposed treatment.