If the implant is removed at any point, or stops working, incontinence will remain. This treatment helps to manage incontinence, but doesn’t cure it. If you have bowel incontinence or chronic constipation, use of the sacral nerve stimulator may result in improvement in your ability to delay emptying your bowels, decrease the number of episodes of bowel incontinence, and improve your quality of life. Ask your doctor if you are a possible candidate. Once the device is implanted, the stimulation can easily be adjusted or. Also if you need certain medical tests, you may not be able to use this treatment. Interstim Therapy is an FDA-approved treatment for urinary control problems in. There are medical conditions that may prevent the safe use of this sacral nerve stimulator. You must be able to operate the hand-held programmer device. Who Benefits from Sacral Nerve StimulationĪdult patients experiencing urinary incontinence due to retention (overflow incontinence) and/or overactive bladder with urge incontinence, and individuals with fecal incontinence and/or chronic constipation who have failed other treatments may be able to try this treatment. A hand-held device is used to stop the contraction of your sphincter muscles when you need to empty your bowels. When an overactive bladder is causing incontinence. The sacral nerve is located at the base of the spine that affects the bladder, bowel, and pelvic floor. The implant stimulates the sacral nerve and to alleviate fecal and/or urinary incontinence. InterStim is a sacral nerve stimulation therapy that allows you to regain bladder and bowel control. Sacral nerve stimulation (SNS), also called sacral neuromodulation, involves surgical implantation of a device that sends a low-voltage electrical current to the sacral nerve. Sacral nerve stimulation involves the placement of an implant to stimulate the sacral nerve. Research, Industry, Medical and Scientific News.
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