A prospective, randomized study: Switch off the sacral nerve stimulator during the night?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 538-540

  Michelsen, Hanne B ^a   Krogh, Klaus ^a   Buntzen, Steen ^a   Laurberg, Søren ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence; Sacral nerve stimulation; Soiling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFECATION HABIT; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NIGHT; PACEMAKER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SACRUM;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049125063     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-008-9219-2     Document Type: Article

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