Waiting for Godot: What to Do When a Patient with a Sacral Neuromodulation Device Needs Magnetic Resonance Imaging

In this issue of The Journal Guzman-Negron et  al (page 0000) address an important clinical concern and represents a nice movement from bench to in vivo study.1 The authors previously reported insignificant heating of a full InterStim™ system and a 5 cm lead in a phantom model and significant heating in the presence of an intact lead withou t a IPG (implantable pulse generator).2 This led to a prospective study of a group of patients using the same MRI machine, which showed no significant acute patient harm, clinical deterioration or damage to the implanted devices.
Source: The Journal of Urology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research