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Sacral nerve stimulation for urge incontinence and urgency-frequency

 
Guidance issued
 
Number: IPG64

Summary

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on sacral nerve stimulation for urge incontinence and urgency-frequency.

It replaces the previous guidance on sacral nerve stimulation for urge incontinence  (Interventional Procedures Guidance no. 4, August 2003) after the Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee reconsidered the procedure based on the results of a systematic review commissioned by NICE.

Description

Sacral nerve stimulation is used in the management of severe urinary urge incontinence, a condition in which a strong urge to urinate is followed by an involuntary loss of urine.

Urge incontinence occurs more commonly in women and the elderly. The procedure involves placing electrodes and connecting them to an implantable pulse generator.

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Details

Arrangement:
Normal
Topic area:
Central nervous system
Surgical procedures
Urogenital
Specialty:
Urology
Specialist advice has been sought from:

British Association of Urological Surgeons

Society of British Neurological Surgeons

Date notified to NICE:
01 April 2002
Guidance issue date:
23 June 2004

Contact details:

Project manager (for general enquiries or comments)
(for general enquiries or comments)
Ben Doak
Contact Address:

Interventional Procedures Programme
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
MidCity Place
71 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6NA

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