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JOURNAL REFERENCE: DUDDING TC, MENG LE, FAIZ O, ET AL. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR FAECAL INCONTINENCE. BR J SURG. 2008; 95(9): 1155-1163. SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION (SNS) IS AN ESTABLISHED TREATMENT FOR FAECAL INCONTINENCE IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE FAILED CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT. THIS STUDY ESTABLISHED THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATING PATIENTS WITH SNS COMPARED WITH NON-SURGICAL TREATMENT. A COHORT ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED BASED ON PROSPECTIVELY COLLECTED DATA ON PATIENTS WHO HAD UNDERGONE SNS AT A SINGLE INSTITUTION BETWEEN 1996 AND 2006. DATA WAS AVAILABLE ON A TOTAL PATIENTS. SYMPTOMS OF FAECAL INCONTINENCE HAD BEEN PRESENT FOR A MEDIAN OF 7 (RANGE 2?24) YEARS BEFORE SURGERY AND ALL PATIENT HAD FAILED TO BENEFIT FROM PREVIOUS CONSERVATIVE TREATMENTS. THIS STUDY HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT SNS IS A COST-EFFECTIVE TREATMENT. REPORTABLE EVENT: LEAD MIGRATION OCCURRED IN ONE PATIENT. SEE MFG REPORT 2182207200806343.