Using implanted devices to stimulate the sacral nerves, essential for controlling bowel and bladder function, is known as sacral nerve stimulation. Due to the rising prevalence of conditions ...

Sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) involves a doctor placing a wire lead into the patient’s spine. This lead connects to a stimulation device that doctors place under the skin of the person’s buttock.

Neurostimulation is reshaping the treatment of urinary incontinence, offering minimally invasive relief through smarter and ...

Your doctor will make a small cut in your lower back and put a thin wire close to your sacral nerve. The wire connects to a battery-powered device called a stimulator that you wear outside your body.

Overall, 50−70% of patients will pass the initial evaluation and be considered candidates for device implantation. The mechanism by which sacral nerve stimulation influences a dysfunctional ...