Urinary Control

Bladder Problems Treated with New Nerve Stimulation Procedure

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 11th, 2000

Physicians in the Emory Continence Center in Atlanta, Georgia, are offering patients new hope for solving severe problems of urinary control that have not responded favorably to more traditional therapy options, including pelvic muscle exercises and medications.

The new therapy, called InterStim, sends mild electrical impulses to the sacral nerves in the lower back that control bladder function. A stopwatch-sized neurostimulator, surgically placed under the skin of the abdomen, generates the mild impulses that are carried via a thin implanted lead to the sacral nerves.

An estimated 13 million American men and women suffer from urinary control...

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