Stimulation of the sacral nerve roots also increases external sphincter tone, causing physiologic inhibition of detrusor motor neurons. Overall, sacral nerve stimulation is thought to have a ...

The cauda equina is the lumbar and sacral nerve roots extending from the lowest part of the spinal cord. It fills the thecal sac from approximately L2 to S1. Symptoms include urinary retention or ...

Contemporary techniques for sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) are considered to involve easy, straightforward procedures and minimal invasiveness. As a result, SNS is now routinely incorporated into ...

New research confirms that sacral nerve stimulation is a feasible ... chronic urinary retention might be mediated through S3 nerve root stimulation and reflex relaxation of the spastic pelvic ...