Steers William D, Wind Tyler C, Jones Elizabeth V, Edlich Richard
J. Y. Gillenwater Professor of Urology; Chairman, Department of Urology. University of Virginia Health System P.O. Box 800422 Charlottesville VA 22908.
Plastic Surgical Research Program, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.
J Long Term Eff Med Implants. 2017;27(2-4):307-317. doi: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v27.i2-4.130.
The purpose of this collective review is to examine the use of functional electrical stimulation for incontinence. The Finetech-Brindley bladder system enhances voiding through stimulation via electrodes implanted around the ventral sacral roots. Detrusor hyperreflexia is eliminated through complete dorsal rhizotomy, which results in loss of reflex defecation and reflex erection/reflex lubrication. Consequently, a new system is being devised in which functional electrical stimulation for incontinence in spinal cord injury can be achieved without dorsal rhizotomy.
