“…Early clinical experience using long wire electrodes reported problems such as high urethral *Address correspondence to this author at the Hines VA Hospital (151), Research Service, Hines, IL 60141, USA; Tel: 708-202-5805; Fax: 708-202-2319; E-mail: james.walter@va.gov resistance, low bladder pressures, pain, electrode migration and other slide effects [6][7][8][9][10][11]. In a more recent study, however, Magasi et al [12,13] reported success with eight, small, platinum-iridium, disk electrodes implanted on the surface of the bladder wall as four bipolar pairs. Separation of the electrodes in the bipolar sets was one-fourth the distance around the bladder, and the most important implant locations were on the ventral side of the bladder near the ureters.…”