InterStim is a “lifestyle-changer” for patients with OAB, expert says

"There are plenty of articles written about stress-induced urgency. I, at the time, only found 1 article written in the gynecologic literature about what they called stand-up urgency," according to Colin Goudelocke, MD.

“This technique is feasible, it is very well tolerated, and there’s not much of a complication rate, so it appears to be very safe,” says Amy D. Dobberfuhl, MD, MS.

Colin Goudelocke, MD, describes an abstract presented at the 2024 Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction Winter Meeting.

“We need to improve the fact that 75% of these patients are untreated [or] unmanaged and frustrated,” says Alexandra Rogers, MD.

Tepidimonas was notably associated with more severe urinary incontinence episodes, suggesting a potential marker for identifying individuals at risk for more severe symptoms.

According to Axonics, commercial sales of the R20 system in Europe are expected to begin in mid-April.