Rapid maxillary expansion in children with nocturnal enuresis: A randomized placebo-controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether rapid maxillary expansion (RME) is a useful treatment method for nocturnal enuresis (NE) and whether the treatment effect is due to placebo. The study also aimed to identify prognostic variables in patients responding to treatment.

Materials and methods

Thirty-eight children with therapy-resistant NE were recruited and randomized into two groups: the intervention group or placebo group. Both groups were treated with RME, but the placebo group received treatment with a sham appliance for 2 weeks before having the actual treatment. A medical history focused on micturition habits, previous treatment, heredity, and sleep disorders was taken. Daytime voided volumes and nocturnal urine production during wet nights were recorded before the intervent

SUBMITTER: Ring IJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8087065 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature