Bladder/sacral nerve stimulators complications: Difference between revisions
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Single wire system inserted into the S3 sacral foramen to stimulate sacral nerve and treat urinary | *Single wire system inserted into the S3 sacral foramen to stimulate sacral nerve and treat urinary or bowel incontinence and/or retention | ||
==Complications== | ==Complications== | ||
Revision as of 20:13, 9 November 2016
Background
- Single wire system inserted into the S3 sacral foramen to stimulate sacral nerve and treat urinary or bowel incontinence and/or retention
Complications
- Infection (early or late complication)
- Pain
- Device rejection due to allergic or immune response
- Lead migration or erosion
- Stimulator misfiring, transient electric shock
- Seroma, hemorrhage, hematoma
- Nerve injury, paralysis
- Adverse change in voiding or bowel function