Sacral Neuromodulation External Stimulator
External neurostimulator · Ens · Test stimulator · External test stimulator · Verify external neurostimulator
A small batteryBAT-uh-reeIn law, touching a person on purpose without their consent.Full entry -powered box, run from a programmer, that sends test current. It connects through a patient cable to a ground pad on the patient and to a test cable with a mini hook for the sterile fieldSTAIR-ul feeldAn area set up with sterile drapes and supplies, kept free of all germs, for a sterile procedure.Full entry .
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What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Tests the sacralSAY-krulHaving to do with the sacrum, the triangle-shaped bone at the base of the spine between the hip bones.Full entry nerve during lead placement. Before draping, the nurse puts the ground pad (about 5 to 8 cm) on the heel, or on the calf, below the ribs or on the iliacIL-ee-akHaving to do with the ilium, the large, wing-shaped upper part of the hip bone.Full entry crest, and plugs it into the stimulator through the cable. The mini hook clips to the bare part of the foramen needle, then the stimulation is turned up slowly while the team watches for a bellows response and great toe flexion. Each of the lead's four electrodes (0 to 3) is then tested through the matching contacts at the lead's end. The same type of stimulator runs the trial after a temporary lead or a stage 1 lead is placed.
Lengths and variants
Medtronic's basic evaluation kit includes two patient cables: one with a ground pad connection and one without, plus a sterile test stimulation cable with a mini hook.
What experienced techs know
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3 sources
- Rothrock. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 15 (Genitourinary Surgery), p. 505
- Hinman. Atlas of Urologic Surgery. 5th ed. Chapter 100 (Sacral Neuromodulation), p. 808-809
- cdn.clinicaltrials.gov
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