ArticleJournal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology2012
Efficacy of sacral neuromodulation in treating chronic pain related to painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis in adults.
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- Sacral neuromodulation treating chronic pelvic pain: a meta-analysis and systematic review of the literature.International urogynecology journal · 2019Pooled it
- Sacral Nerve Modulation Alleviates Neuropathic Pelvic Pain Through Modulation of the Spinal Immune Microenvironment and Microglial Activation.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2026Article
- Long-Term Outcomes of Sacral Neuromodulation for Refractory Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Medications used to treat bladder disorders may alter effects of neuromodulation.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2020Article
- Benzodiazepines Suppress Neuromodulatory Effects of Pudendal Nerve Stimulation on Rat Bladder Nociception.Anesthesia and analgesia · 2020Article
- Spinal mechanisms of pudendal nerve stimulation-induced inhibition of bladder hypersensitivity in rats.Neuroscience letters · 2018Article
- Long-Term Relief of Painful Bladder Syndrome by High-Intensity, Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Right and Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortices.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of this review is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sacral neuromodulation in treating chronic pelvic pain related to Painful bladder syndrome/Interstitial-cystitis.
designThe databases searched were MEDLINE and EMBASE [1950- Nov 2011]. Additional searches were performed on the Cochrane Database of Systematic reviews (CDSR), Scopus, CINAHL, BIOSIS, The Cochrane controlled trials register, the science citation index, TRIP DATABASE.
resultsOverall 70.8% or 170/244 patients were successful at the trial stage. The only randomized controlled trial reported a decrease in Visual analogue pain scores of 49% (7.9 to 4.0) for sacral nerve stimulation [SNS] and 29%(4.5 to 3.2) for pudendal nerve stimulation [PNS] at 6 months follow up. Nine observational studies reported a decrease in pain scores/decrease in pain medications at long term follow up following permanent sacral neuromodulation. One study showed an 80% improvement in Global response assessment score.
conclusionThe results from the randomised controlled trial and case series/case reports demonstrate a reduction of pain symptoms of Painful bladder syndrome following sacral neuromodulation.
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