Buttock placement of the implantable pulse generator: A new implantation technique for sacral neuromodulation - A multicenter study

European Urology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 434-438

  Scheepens, W A ^a   Weil, E H J ^a   Van Koeveringe, G A ^a   Rohrmann, D ^b   Hedlund, H E M ^c   Schurch, B ^d   Ostardo, E ^e   Pastorello, M ^f   Ratto, C ^g   Nordling, J ^h   Van Kerrebroeck, Ph E V ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^e Ospedale S Maria degli Angeli   (Italy)

^f Negrar Hospital   (Italy)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation therapy; Neuromodulation; Sacral nerve roots; Urinary retention; Urinary urge incontinence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; AGED; BUTTOCKS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 18244396636     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049812     Document Type: Article

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