471 Update on Chronic Pudendal Nerve Stimulation in Sacral Area Dysfunctions

Future indications for sacral nerve stimulation

“…Preliminary studies of PNS have predominantly investigated patients with neurogenic and non‐neurogenic causes of urge urinary incontinence, with outcome comparable to that seen with SNS [65–68]. Patients with constipation [66] and faecal incontinence [66,69] and those with bowel dysfunction secondary to spinal cord injury [70] may also benefit from treatment. A prospective, single blinded, randomised cross‐over trial comparing PNS with SNS in thirty subjects with urinary voiding disorders demonstrated that the symptom relief obtained by PNS was greater than that obtained by SNS in 80% of patients [71].…”