Sacral neuromodulation for urinary retention in a kidney-transplant patient

Urol Int. 2005;75(2):187-8. doi: 10.1159/000087177.

Abstract

Bladder outlet obstruction can negatively affect renal function in the kidney transplant population. Functional obstruction represents a clinical challenge as conventional treatments are either ineffective or not recommended. Sacral neuromodulation was successfully used in functional voiding dysfunction in a kidney transplant patient. This is the first case to be reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Electric Stimulation Therapy / methods*
  • Electrodes, Implanted
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects
  • Kidney Transplantation / methods*
  • Lumbosacral Plexus*
  • Middle Aged
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases / diagnosis
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / diagnosis
  • Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / therapy*
  • Urination Disorders / diagnosis
  • Urination Disorders / therapy*