Sacral neuromodulation and cardiac pacemakers.

Int Urogynecol J

Women's Specialty Center and Bladder Control Center, Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA.

Published: August 2010

Introduction And Hypothesis: Potential for cross-talk between cardiac pacemakers and sacral neuromodulation remains speculative.

Methods: We present a case series of patients with cardiac pacemakers who underwent staged Interstim (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN) implantation and patients who had pulse generator implantation who later required cardiac pacemakers.

Results: No cross-talk was demonstrated in either group.

Conclusions: Sacral neuromodulation appears to be safe in the setting of cardiac pacemakers without cardioversion/defibrillation technology.

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