Halifax Health Introduces the InterStim Therapy Procedure

HALIFAX HEALTH

The InterStim Therapy System is a safe, minimally invasive procedure that uses mild electrical pulses to stimulate the sacral nerve located near the tailbone which controls your bladder function and other pelvic muscles involved in urinary and bowel function. InterStim has been FDA approved to treat bladder disorders, such as incontinence, since 1997 and to treat bowel incontinence in 2011. This new therapy, InterStim, is a form of neuromodulation (sacral nerve stimulation) that addresses the problems with communication between the brain and the nerves that control the bladder and bowl. The InterStim neurostimulator is a small implantable device that generates a mild electrical pulse through an insulated wire called a lead. Both the lead and neurostimulator are implanted under the skin. The InterStim Therapy is used to reduce and/or bladder and bowel control symptoms to a tolerable level for everyday living. Learn more at http://bit.ly/yJ5LGh