Medium-term outcome of sacral nerve modulation for constipation

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-31

  Govaert, Bastiaan ^a   Maeda, Yasuko ^b,c   Alberga, Job ^a   Buntzen, Steen ^b   Laurberg, Søren ^b   Baeten, Cornelius G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constipation; Percutaneous nerve evaluation; Sacral nerve modulation; Wexner constipation score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FLOOR; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONSTIPATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856342773     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31823898a5     Document Type: Article

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