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Sacral Nerve Stimulation Effective in Treating Fecal Incontinence, Says New Study in The Lancet; Medtronic InterStim Therapy Holds Promise for Socially Debilitating Disease.

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| April 15, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2009 Business Wire. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2004

A new study reported in the European medical journal The Lancet suggests that sacral nerve stimulation significantly improves continence for people suffering from a particularly disabling and socially debilitating medical condition known as fecal incontinence.

Medtronic InterStim(R) Therapy, which uses mild electrical pulses to stimulate sacral nerves associated with pelvic floor control, has been used since the 1993 for thousands of patients with many common forms of bladder control. The new study, however, demonstrated effectiveness for another group of patients with the…

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