Quality of life is markedly improved in patients with fecal incontinence after sacral nerve stimulation

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-112

  Devroede, Ghislain ^a   Giese, Chad ^b   Wexner, Steven D ^c   Mellgren, Anders ^d   Coller, John A ^e   Madoff, Robert D ^c   Hull, Tracy ^c   Stromberg, Katherine ^b   Iyer, Sudha ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence; QOL; Sacral nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

FECAL INCONTINENCE; MEAN AGES; MINNEAPOLIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; QOL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY INDEX;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860630720     PISSN: 21518378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPV.0b013e3182486e60     Document Type: Article

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