Eur Urol Focus
September 2023
Background: Although sacral neuromodulation (SNM) for overactive bladder (OAB) is an established therapy, there is a lack of high-quality, long-term data on real-life practice.
Objective: To report on real-life therapeutic effectiveness, quality of life (QoL), disease severity, and safety as well as patient-reported symptom bother after approximately 5 yr of follow-up.
Design, Setting, And Participants: A total of 291 OAB patients were enrolled at 25 French sites according to local standard of care.
Background: SOUNDS strengthens the evidence basis of sacral neuromodulation (SNM) for overactive bladder (OAB) through real-world data.
Objective: To analyze diary-based effectiveness, quality of life (QoL), disease severity, symptom bother, and safety data for SNM with the InterStim system up to 3 yr after implantation.
Design, Setting, And Participants: Twenty-five representative French sites enrolled 291 patients with OAB followed according to the local standard of care.
Aim: The aim of this work was to evaluate the effectiveness, patient satisfaction and quality of life (QoL) and the safety of sacral neuromodulation (SNM) with the InterStim system for the treatment of faecal incontinence (FI) and establish whether results published predominantly by expert sites are generalisable.
Method: This is a prospective, multicentre, observational study that invited all French sites treating FI with the InterStim™ system to enrol subjects indicated for an SNM therapy evaluation. Data were collected at three follow-up visits within 1 and 15 months.
Eur Urol Focus
November 2021
Background: Real-world data that support the use of sacral neuromodulation (SNM) for lower urinary tract dysfunctions are of continued interest.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness, quality of life (QoL), patient-reported outcomes (PROs), and safety of SNM with the InterStim™ system in real life during 1-yr postimplant.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This is a prospective, multicenter, observational study at 25 representative public and private French sites.