Electrochemical therapy of pelvic pain: effects of pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) on tissue trauma

Eur J Surg Suppl. 1994:(574):83-6.

Abstract

Unusually effective and long-lasting relief of pelvic pain of gynaecological origin has been obtained consistently by short exposures of affected areas to the application of a magnetic induction device producing short, sharp, magnetic-field pulses of a minimal amplitude to initiate the electrochemical phenomenon of electroporation within a 25 cm2 focal area. Treatments are short, fasting-acting, economical and in many instances have obviated surgery. This report describes typical cases such as dysmenorrhoea, endometriosis, ruptured ovarian cyst, acute lower urinary tract infection, post-operative haematoma, and persistent dyspareunia in which pulsed magnetic field treatment has not, in most cases, been supplemented by analgesic medication. Of 17 female patients presenting with a total of 20 episodes of pelvic pain, of which 11 episodes were acute, seven chronic and two acute as well as chronic, 16 patients representing 18 episodes (90%) experienced marked, even dramatic relief, while two patients representing two episodes reported less than complete pain relief.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Chronic Disease
  • Electric Stimulation Therapy / methods*
  • Electrochemistry
  • Electromagnetic Fields*
  • Female
  • Genital Diseases, Female / complications
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pelvic Pain / etiology
  • Pelvic Pain / therapy*
  • Pulsatile Flow
  • Treatment Outcome