Effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of sacral neuromodulation for idiopathic slow-transit constipation: a systematic review.

Stella C M Heemskerk Aart A van der WiltBart M F PenninxJos M P Kleijnen Jarno Melenhorst Carmen D Dirksen Stephanie O Breukink

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2024)

Evidence for the (cost-)effectiveness of SNM in children and adults with refractory idiopathic STC is inconclusive. Reoperation rates of up to 29% were reported.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
systematic review
young adults
irritable bowel syndrome
urinary tract