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Sacral Neuromodulation

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Sacral neuromodulation (SNM) is different than sacral neurostimulation. Neurostimulation describes a technique that stimulates an isolated intact motor neuron system to drive the function it was intended for, e.g. electrical stimulation of the anterior sacral roots to evoke bladder contractions. Neuromodulation on the other hand, is any action that changes or modulates pre-existing neural activity to influence the physiological behavior of an organ.

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  1. Department of Urology, University Hospital Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Stefan De Wachter

  2. Neuro-Urologia Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Firenze, Italy

    Giulio del Popolo

  3. Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Michele Spinelli

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  1. Department of Urology, China Rehabiliation Research Center Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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  2. Department of Urology, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria

    Helmut Madersbacher

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De Wachter, S., del Popolo, G., Spinelli, M. (2019). Sacral Neuromodulation. In: Liao, L., Madersbacher, H. (eds) Neurourology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7509-0_37

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