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The author studied a device, to be applied in the clinical field, which might elicit contraction of the vesical muscles by electrical stimulation. After many experiments he concluded that the most suitable current is the galvanic current of 5-millisecond-rectangular impulse, 20-50-frequency every second, and a 20-80-milliamperes intensity. The device for direct application to the bladder consists of an electrode-catheter, lightly curved at the end, insulated on all sides except at the point which hooks the vesical neck; the second electrode consists of an usual electrocoagulation electrode which runs inside the electrode-catheter, leaves the latter near its inner end and is in contact with the posterior wall of the bladder. The inner part of the device is in contact with the Lewis' cystometer which records the increase of the vesical pressure. Such a device is able to elicit contraction of the vesical muscular system. Technique and results are described.
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Ascoli, R. Electrical stimulation of the bladder in clinical practice. Spinal Cord 3, 198–199 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1965.28
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1965.28