The BCBSA Technology Evaluation Center (TEC) published its assessment of PTNS in March, 2011. https://www.bcbs.com/blueresources/tec/vols/25/percutaneous-tibial-nerve ...

Axonics sacral neuromodulation (SNM) system (Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc.) stimulates a sacral nerve root (normally the S3 sacral nerve root) through an implantable pulse generator implanted ...

A technique called percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation yields "impressive" reductions in pain scores and opioid use during the first week after common orthopedic surgery procedures, concludes a ...

Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2005;2(7):310-311. The InterStim® device has greatly increased the number of candidates for surgical therapy. This therapy involves an initial percutaneous nerve evaluation to ...

Background: Sacral nerve neuromodulation (SNM) therapy has been successfully applied in adult patients with urinary and fecal incontinence. Recently, SNM therapy showed good results in adults with ...

This x-ray of the pelvis shows an electronic nerve-stimulating device in the right iliac fossa. The procedure is ideal in this population because it is minimally invasive and highly efficacious The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome has changed from previous extensile incisions under general anesthesia.

Faecal incontinence occurs when a person loses (often only partially) voluntary control of their bowel movements, resulting in leakage of faeces. The condition may relate to inadequate formation of ...

Symptom-Specific Quality of Life Up in Repeat Sling Procedure Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation with the Urgent PC Neuromodulation System offers sustained overactive bladder symptom improvement ...

Patients who have chosen to treat chronic pain with implanted peripheral nerve stimulation no longer need to be tethered permanently to the device. According to findings from a study in amputees, ...

In 2002 the International Continence Society redefined overactive bladder (OAB) as a syndrome of urgency with or without urge incontinence, usually associated with increased frequency of micturition ...