[Frontiers in Bioscience 9, 995-999, January 1, 2004]

VESICAL PACING: PACING PARAMETERS REQUIRED FOR NORMALIZATION OF VESICAL ELECTRIC ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH OVERACTIVE BLADDER

Ahmed Shafik 1 , Olfat El Sibai 2 , Ali A. Shafik 3, Ismail Ahmed 4, and Randa M. Mostafa 5

1 Department of Surgery and Experimental Research, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, 2 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, 3 Department of Surgery and Experimental Research, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo,4 Department of Surgery and Experimental Research, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, 5 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Egypt

FIGURES

Figure 1.The location of the electrodes in the urinary bladder.

Figure 2.Electrovesicogram of a healthy volunteer: (a) before vesical pacing, (b) during pacing.

Figure 3.Electrovesicogram of a patient with overactive bladder: (a) before vesical pacing, (b) during pacing.