Effects of External Electric Stimulating in Individuals With Urinary Incontinence After Prostatectomy

Effects of External Electric Stimulating in Individuals With Urinary Incontinence After Prostatectomy

The aim of this study is to investigate effects of external electric stimulating in individuals with urinary incontinence after prostatectomy.

Urinary incontinence (UI) is common in men after prostotectomy, and patients' quality of life is adversely affected. In addition, electric stimulation (ES) can be played an important role in the management of UI . However, there are limitations in clearly demonstrating the effects of ES on men with UI after prostatectomy.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being a male individual with stress or stress-dominant mixed UI symptoms after undergoing prostatectomy surgery for prostate cancer in the urology clinic
• Being over 40 years old
• Being 24 and over with Mini Mental Test results in individuals over 65 years of age.
• Not having residual cancerous tissue
• Volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having serious cardiovascular disease (unstable angina and arrhythmia patients, heart failure patients, etc.)
• Having sensory loss
• Having an ongoing urinary infection
• Having only urgency urinary incontinence
• Using a pacemaker
• Receiving active cancer treatment (radiotherapy, chemotherapy)
• Lack of evaluation parameters
• Not continuing the treatment regularly