Publications by authors named "Patrick Meffan"

Objective: The eCoin (Valencia Technologies Corporation, Valencia, CA) is a battery-powered, nickel-sized and shaped neuromodulation device for the treatment of overactive bladder, and it is implanted in the lower leg in a short office or outpatient procedure under local anesthesia. A follow-on trial was conducted to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of eCoin reimplantation.

Methods: This was a prospective, single-arm, open-label study, including 23 participants with refractory urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) who were previously participants in the eCoin clinical feasibility trial.

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Objectives: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the eCoin - a nickel-sized, primary battery-powered, neuromodulation device for the treatment of urgency urinary incontinence which is implanted in the lower leg in a 20-minute procedure under local anesthesia. A feasibility clinical trial was conducted and the results after 1 year of treatment with the eCoin are presented.

Methods: A total of 46 participants with refractory urgency urinary incontinence were included in this prospective, single-arm, open-label study.

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Purpose: We performed a clinical feasibility trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a fully implanted, primary battery powered, nickel sized and shaped neuromodulation device called the eCoin® for tibial nerve stimulation to treat refractory urgency urinary incontinence.

Materials And Methods: This prospective, single arm, open label study included 46 participants with refractory urgency urinary incontinence. It was performed at multiple sites in the United States and New Zealand.

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We present a case of ruptured adrenal artery pseudoaneurysm as a complication of laparoscopic nephroureterectomy. An 87-year-old woman with hematuria and transitional cell carcinoma on imaging underwent laparoscopic nephroureterectomy. Her postoperative recovery was uneventful until day 17, when she presented with severe abdominal pain, syncope, and significant anemia.

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