Guidance

3 Further information

3 Further information

3.1.1

Further recommendations have been made as part of NICE's guideline on lower urinary tract symptoms in men (May 2010), as follows:

  • "Consider offering implanted sacral nerve stimulation to manage detrusor overactivity only to men whose symptoms have not responded to conservative management and drug treatments."

Sources of evidence

The evidence considered by the interventional procedures advisory committee is described in the systematic review.

Information for patients

NICE has produced information on this procedure for patients and carers. It explains the nature of the procedure and the guidance issued by NICE, and has been written with patient consent in mind.