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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0300-9041</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ginecología y obstetricia de México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ginecol. obstet. Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0300-9041</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Federación Mexicana de Colegios de Obstetricia y Ginecología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0300-90412021000800004</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24245/gom.v89i8.5404</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Terapia de electroestimulación a pacientes con dolor pélvico crónico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Electrical stimulation in patients with chronic pelvic pain]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rivas-Penilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luisa Fernanda]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez-Colorado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Esther Silvia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gorbea-Chávez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Viridiana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Granados-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Verónica]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez-Isarraraz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>89</volume>
<numero>8</numero>
<fpage>603</fpage>
<lpage>610</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0300-90412021000800004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0300-90412021000800004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0300-90412021000800004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  OBJETIVO:  Comparar los desenlaces de la electroestimulación con un electrodo superficial y otro intravaginal en pacientes con dolor pélvico crónico.  MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS:  Estudio de cohorte retrospectiva efectuado en pacientes atendidas, entre abril de 2017 y abril de 2019, en la Clínica de Urología Ginecológica del Instituto Nacional de Perinatología en donde recibieron sesiones de electroestimulación para aliviar el dolor pélvico crónico. Se incluyeron pacientes con dolor pélvico crónico que recibieron tratamiento con electrodo vaginal o electrodo de superficie, 8 a 12 sesiones, como terapia analgésica con estimulación eléctrica transcutánea superficial. Se valoró la intensidad del dolor con la escala visual análoga (EVA) y el porcentaje de disminución al inicio, mitad y al final del tratamiento. Se realizó estadistica descriptiva y se compararon ambos grupos con t Student y t pareada para valorar la diferencia intragrupos, la significación estadística se determinó con p &lt; 0.05.  RESULTADOS:  Se compararon 132 pacientes: 87 con electrodo intravaginal (grupo 1) y 45 con electrodos superficiales (grupo 2). Los valores de EVA y el porcentaje de disminución de la primera sesión, la sesión a la mitad del tratamiento y la última fueron estadísticamente significativos en cada grupo (p = 0.001), el EVA inicial de 7.54 y al final del tratamiento de 2.44. Al comparar la disminución del dolor entre grupos no se encontró diferencia estadísticamente significativa entre un electrodo y otro (p &gt; 0.05).  CONCLUSIONES:  Las pacientes con dolor pélvico crónico pueden tratarse mediante electroestimulación con electrodo superficial o intravaginal y, luego de al menos 8 sesiones, percibir una disminución significativa o su desaparición completa.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  OBJECTIVE:  To compare the outcomes of electrostimulation with a superficial and an intravaginal electrode in patients with chronic pelvic pain.  MATERIALS AND METHODS:  Retrospective cohort study performed in patients attended, between April 2017 and April 2019, at the Gynecological Urology Clinic of the National Institute of Perinatology where they received electrostimulation sessions to relieve chronic pelvic pain. Patients with chronic pelvic pain who received treatment with vaginal electrode or surface electrode, 8 to 12 sessions, were included as analgesic therapy with superficial transcutaneous electrical stimulation. Pain intensity was assessed with a visual analog scale (VAS) and the percentage decrease at the beginning, middle and end of treatment. Descriptive statistics were performed and both groups were compared with t Student and paired t to assess the intragroup difference, statistical significance was determined with p &lt; 0.05.  RESULTS:  132 patients were compared: 87 with intravaginal electrode (group 1) and 45 with superficial electrodes (group 2). The VAS values and percentage improvement of the first session, the mid-treatment session and the last session were statistically significant in each group (p = 0.001), the initial VAS of 7.54 and VAS at the end of the treatment of 2.44. When comparing improvement between groups, no statistically significant difference was found between one electrode and another (p &gt; 0.05).  CONCLUSIONS:  Patients with chronic pelvic pain can be treated by electrostimulation with superficial or intravaginal electrode and, after at least 8 sessions, perceive a significant decrease or, its complete disappearance.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Electroestimulación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[dolor pélvico crónico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[electrodo vaginal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[electrodo superficial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[terapia analgésica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estimulación eléctrica transcutánea]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[vulvodinia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[vaginismo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[dispareunia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Electrostimulation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Chronic pelvic pain]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Vaginal electrode]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Surface electrode]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Analgesic therapy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Transcutaneous electrical stimulation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Visual a electrical stimulation TENS]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Vulvodynia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vaginismus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[dyspareunia]]></kwd>
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