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JOURNAL REFERENCE: GURALNICK ML, BENOUNI S, O'CONNOR R C, EDMISTON C. CHARACTERISTICS OF INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING STAGED IMPLANTATION FOR SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION. UROLOGY, 2007; 69(6):1073-1076. TO REVIEW CLINICAL AND SURGICAL FACTORS IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE UNDERGONE STAGED SACRAL NERVE STIMULATOR IMPLANTATION AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE ARE ANY IDENTIFIABLE RISK FACTORS FOR INFECTION. A RETROSPECTIVE CHART REVIEW WAS PERFORMED ON 76 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS UNDERGOING STAGED IMPLANTATION FOR SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR VOIDING DYSFUNCTION. REPORTABLE EVENT: FOUR PATIENTS, AFTER STAGE 2 IPG PLACEMENT, DEVELOPED INFECTION REQUIRING DEVICE REMOVAL. CLINICAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS INCLUDED ERYTHEMA AND PAIN AT THE IPG SITE, AND FEVER IN 1 PATIENT. SEE MFG REPORT# 2182207-2008-07656.