Incontinence

Stimulating the nerves of the sacrum can help with faecal incontinence, say researchers in Austria. Losing control of one's bowels - faecal incontinence - is both distressing and embarrassing. Sometimes the cause is malfunction of the sacral nerves at the base of the spine that control the lower bowel. Pelvic floor weakness is another leading cause, which can also contribute to urinary incontinence.

In fact, sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) is sometimes effective in stopping urinary incontinence. Researchers at the Danube Hospital in Vienna have now tried it on patients with faecal incontinence. They administered SNS to 15 patients with neurologic incontinence and five with pelvic floor weakness. Those who responded to external SNS - sixteen patients - were fitted with a SNS implant.

Over a three week period, the patients with the implant found that the average number of incontinence episodes decreased from six to two. So there's now a case for extending the follow up of this promising new treatment for faecal incontinence.

Source: Gastroenterology September 2001

Comment:

Dr. Kwasniewski started using this methodology for the urinary incontinence in the early 70's with great success. Now, the treatment of incontinence in Poland has NO PARALLEL achievements anywhere in the World. The Polish doctors do not have to use ANY implants!