On May 8th of this year, Ottumwa Regional Health Center started offering a minimally invasive surgery that provides a long-term solution to a patient’s overactive bladder.
On Thursday May 30th, Dr. Mahmoud Alameddine had 4 of these surgeries and one consultation. The surgery involves inserting a sensor in the low back of the patient to address the nerve that communicates to the bladder. With the consultation, a patient can do a trial of the nerve sensor for a week to see if it improves their symptoms by 50%.
This sensor is called InterStim X. This is an implantable device that delivers sacral neuromodulation (SNM) therapy for more than 10 years before a patient may need a battery replacement, and it does not restrict a patient from being able to have an MRI scan like many implantable devices.