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AimPosterior tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) has been shown to improve faecal incontinence in the short term. The optimal treatment regimen is unclear with wide variations in protocol reported in the literature. The study aimed to assess two different regimens of transcutaneous PTNS and to establish whether increasing the frequency of stimulation increases the effectiveness.
MethodThirty patients...
AimAlthough effective in faecal incontinence (FI), sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) is expensive and requires two procedures. It carries a small risk of infection and electrode migration. Transcutaneous SNS is noninvasive and cheap. Two small studies have reported the results when applied to segments S3 but there is no information on its effectiveness when applied to the whole sacral area.
MethodA...
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