Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2014, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 857-860.

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Research progress on sacral nerve stimulation treatment of bowel dysfunction after spinal cord injury

  

  • Received:2013-07-18 Revised:2013-11-20 Online:2014-06-05 Published:2014-05-26

Abstract: Sacral nerve stimulation as a new treatment of bowel dysfunction has been gradually applied to the clinical practice. The mechanism may be related to the regulation of afferent reflex and local reflex pathway. Stimulation parameters set individually. The main clinic evaluation indicator is Cleveland clinical constipation score and life quality score.

Key words: sacral nerve stimulation, spinal cord injury, bowel dysfunction