Purpose: To investigate the clinical efficacy of percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation combines sacral nerve root magnetic stimulation in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndrome and chronic prostatitis.
Methods: 60 male patients diagnosed with chronic pelvic pain syndrome or chronic prostatitis were analyzed in this study. Patients in the experimental group were treated with percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (7 Hz) combined with sacral nerve root magnetic stimulation (5 Hz) whilst patients in the control group receiving treatment with only percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation. The National Institutes of Health-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index was used to evaluate prostatitis in the 2 groups before and at 4 weeks after treatment.
Results: All patients showed improvements in scores before and after treatment in the two groups (p < 0.05). Further comparison between the two groups showed that patients in the experimental experienced more significant improvements in each of the indicators compare that to the control group patients (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: Both percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation and percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation combined with magnetic stimulation of the sacral nerve roots have benefits for patients, but the benefits are more excellent when used together than when used alone.
Keywords: chronic pelvic pain syndrome; chronic prostatitis; national institutes of health-chronic prostatitis symptom index; percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation; sacral nerve root magnetic stimulation.