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We examined effect of acupuncture anethesia for urological cancer pain.<br>Subjects were 32 patients (30 men and 2 women) aged from 21 to 84 (mean 59.9 years old).<br>The method used in the treatment of these patients was 1Hz low frequency stimulation for 20 to 30 minutes.<br>The following results were obtained:<br>1) The treatment had not an effect on neuroparalytic patients with bone metastasis who were observed cancerous cachexia.<br>2) The treatment often had an effect on non-neuroparalytic patients with bone metastasis. The patients had a slight symptom.<br>3) The treatment rarely had an effect on a numbness of lower extremities that was caused by peripheral nerve's injury.<br>The numbness was sometimes aggravated by some electric treatments using TNS.
ABSTRACT
The effects of transsomatic physical therapies (acupuncture and TENS) on the neurogenic bladder were examined in 73 patients (50 men and 23 women) aged 15-78 years old (mean, 59.8 years old). The capacity of the bladder and residual urine volume were observed by cystometry, uroflowmetry and by determining the urethral pressure profile. The following results were obtained:<br>1. In the patients with dysuria due to hypertonus of the sympathetic nerve system, the tonus of the sphincter urethrae and urethral resistance decreased due to the effects of acupuncture anesthesia, resulting in a decline in residual urine volume and improved urination in 71.4%.<br>2. Urethral resistance also decreased, in the patients with hypotonic bladder, resulting in a decline in residual urine volume and improved urination in 75%.<br>3. Acupuncture anesthesia by applying TENS seems to be clinically significant for improving urination in the neurogenic bladder.