Sacral nerve modulation in the treatment of chronic pain after pelvic surgery

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 502-507

  Martellucci, J ^a   Naldini, G ^b   Del Popolo, G ^c   Carriero, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Pelvic Floor Center ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Complications; Neuromodulation; Sacral nerve modulation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SURGERY; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION; SPHINCTEROTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857990010     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02659.x     Document Type: Article

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