Efficacy and mechanism of sub-sensory sacral (optimised) neuromodulation in adults with faecal incontinence: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Background Faecal incontinence (FI) is a substantial health problem with a prevalence of approximately 8% in community-dwelling populations. Sacral neuromodulation (SNM) is considered the first-line surgical treatment option in adults with FI in whom conservative therapies have failed. The clinical...

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Published in:	Current controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 336 - 19
Main Authors:	McAlees, Eleanor, Vollebregt, Paul F., Stevens, Natasha, Dudding, Tom C., Emmanuel, Anton V., Furlong, Paul L., Hamdy, Shaheen, Hooper, Richard L., Jones, James F. X., Norton, Christine, O’Connell, P. Ronan, Scott, S. Mark, Knowles, Charles H.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 26.06.2018 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Adults Aged Analysis Behavior modification Biomedicine Care and treatment Clinical trials Costs Cross-Over Studies Defecation Double-Blind Method Electric stimulation therapy Evoked potential Faecal incontinence FDA approval Fecal incontinence Fecal Incontinence - diagnosis Fecal Incontinence - physiopathology Fecal Incontinence - therapy Female Germany Health aspects Health Sciences Humans Hypotheses Incontinence Ireland Lumbosacral Plexus Magneticoencepholograpy Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Multicenter Studies as Topic Neurophysiology Older people Pathophysiology Patients Randomised controlled trial Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Recovery of Function Regulatory approval Sacral nerve stimulation Sacral neuromodulation Statistics for Life Sciences Study Protocol Time Factors Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation - methods Treatment Outcome United Kingdom Young Adult United Kingdom Ireland Germany United States > US Faecal incontinence Magneticoencepholograpy Evoked potential Sacral neuromodulation Randomised controlled trial Anorectal manometry Sacral nerve stimulation
ISSN:	1745-6215, 1745-6215
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