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Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra
Print version ISSN 1137-6627
Abstract
CASAL-BELOY, I et al. Sacral electrical neurostimulation in the refractory pediatric overactive bladder. Anales Sis San Navarra [online]. 2020, vol.43, n.3, pp.417-421. Epub June 21, 2021. ISSN 1137-6627. https://dx.doi.org/10.23938/assn.879.
Urinary incontinence is one of the principal reasons for visiting the urologist amongst paediatric patients, and an overactive bladder is the vesical dysfunction that most frequently provokes this. Currently the only medicine approved for managing an overactive bladder is oxybutynin; however, many patients respond partially to this therapy or are refractory to it. Vesical electrotherapy has emerged as a new alternative in the algorithm for managing patients with an overactive bladder refractory to anticholinergic medicines, but the evidence on this issue has to date been scant. We present the case of a 12-year-old patient with an overactive bladder refractory to oxybutynin and solifenacin who presented a good response to treatment with sacral vesical electrotherapy, with complete disappearance of the symptoms (diurnal incontinence and urgency of micturition) without adverse effects
Keywords : Overactive bladder; Incontinence urge; Paediatrics; Sacral electroestimulation; Bladder dysfunction.