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Sacral nerve stimulation reduces corticoanal excitability in patients with faecal incontinence

Rowena R Sheldon, E S Kiff, Andrew Clarke, M Harris, Shaheen Hamdy

British journal of surgery · 2005 · 102 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

SNS produces symptom benefit in patients with faecal incontinence that is associated with a reversible reduction in corticoanal excitability. SNS therefore drives dynamic brain changes that may play a functional role in influencing anal continence.

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