Treatment of Faecal Incontinence With Sacral Nerve Stimulation - Improved Function With Stimulation Bilaterally? (SNS)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00913601

Recruitment Status : Terminated (Prematurely stopped, as no beneficial effect was evident for bilateral stimulation after interim analysis of the first 20 patients.)

First Posted : June 4, 2009

Last Update Posted : July 3, 2014

Sponsor:

Collaborator:

MEDTRONIC DANMARK A/S Arne Jacobsens Alle 17 DK-2300 København S Danmark

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Jakob Jakobsen, University of Aarhus

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Recruitment Status :	Terminated
Actual Primary Completion Date :	May 2013
Actual Study Completion Date :	July 2013

Publications:

Matzel KE, Stadelmaier U, Hohenfellner M, Gall FP. Electrical stimulation of sacral spinal nerves for treatment of faecal incontinence. Lancet. 1995 Oct 28;346(8983):1124-7.

Vaizey CJ, Kamm MA, Turner IC, Nicholls RJ, Woloszko J. Effects of short term sacral nerve stimulation on anal and rectal function in patients with anal incontinence. Gut. 1999 Mar;44(3):407-12.

Rasmussen OØ, Christiansen J. [Sacral nerve stimulation in fecal incontinence]. Ugeskr Laeger. 2002 Aug 12;164(33):3866-8. Danish.

Jarrett ME, Mowatt G, Glazener CM, Fraser C, Nicholls RJ, Grant AM, Kamm MA. Systematic review of sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence and constipation. Br J Surg. 2004 Dec;91(12):1559-69. Review.

Michelsen HB, Buntzen S, Krogh K, Laurberg S. Rectal volume tolerability and anal pressures in patients with fecal incontinence treated with sacral nerve stimulation. Dis Colon Rectum. 2006 Jul;49(7):1039-44.

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