Outcome of sacral nerve stimulation for fecal incontinence in patients refractory to percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 915-920

  Hotouras, Alexander ^a,b   Murphy, Jamie ^a   Thin, Noel N ^a   Allison, Marion ^a   Horrocks, Emma ^a   Williams, Norman S ^a   Knowles, Charles H ^a   Chan, Christopher L ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Centre for Bowel Research and Surgical Innovation (NCBRSI)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence; Neuromodulation; Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation; Sacral nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879145208     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31827f0697     Document Type: Article

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