Long-term efficacy and safety of sacral nerve stimulation for fecal incontinence

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1065-1075

  Mellgren, Anders ^a,g   Wexner, Steven D ^b   Coller, John A ^c   Devroede, Ghislain ^d   Lerew, Darin R ^e   Madoff, Robert D ^a   Hull, Tracy ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECAL INCONTINENCE QUALITY OF LIFE INSTRUMENT; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052748032     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31822155e9     Document Type: Article

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