Influence of transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation on postoperative catheter-related bladder discomfort in urology: a prospective randomized controlled trial
Xiangying Zheng, Yuwen Liu, Tao Wei, Chao Deng, Yajuan Gu · 2025
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Description
Xiangying Zheng and co-authors tested a nerve stimulation method in 2025 to ease bladder discomfort from catheters after surgery. Men having urinary tract surgery under general anaesthesia often wake with an urgent, painful need to pass urine caused by the catheter.
The trial enrolled 124 men and split them at random into a treated group and a sham group. The treated men got thirty minutes of mild electric pulses through the skin near the ankle in the recovery room. Their rate of moderate to severe discomfort was much lower right after waking, and at one and two hours, than in the sham group. Pain scores and recovery quality were also compared over the first day.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xiangying Zheng, Yuwen Liu, Tao Wei, Chao Deng, Yajuan Gu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |