Long-term outcome of sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence.
Colorectal Dis
; 22(12): 2191-2198, 2020 12.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32954658
ABSTRACT
AIM:
Sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) is a minimally invasive treatment for faecal incontinence (FI). We report our experience of patients who have undergone SNS for FI with a minimum of 5 years' follow-up. This is a single centre prospective observational study with the aim to assess the long-term function of SNS.METHOD:
All patients implanted with SNS were identified from our prospective database. The date of implantation, first and last clinic follow-up, surgical complications and St Mark's incontinence scores were abstracted and analysed.RESULTS:
From 1996 to 2014, 381 patients were considered for SNS. Of these, 256 patients met the study inclusion criteria. Median age at implantation was 52 years (range 18-81). The ratio of women to men was 20551. Indications were urge FI (25%), passive FI (17.9%) and mixed FI (57%). The median of the incontinence score at baseline was 19/24 and this improved to 7/24 at the 6-month follow-up. Of the total cohort, 235 patients received a medium-term follow-up (median 110 months, range 12-270) with a median continence score of 10/24 which was also confirmed at the telephone long-term follow-up on 185 patients (132 months, range 60-276).CONCLUSION:
This study demonstrates that SNS is an effective treatment in the long term. SNS results in an improvement of validated scores for approximately 60% of patients; however, there is a significant reduction of efficacy over time due to underlying causes.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Electric Stimulation Therapy
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Fecal Incontinence
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Colorectal Dis
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article