Sacral Neuromodulation Testing Increasing

Using a 20% sample of national Medicareclaims, Anne M. Suskind, MD,of the University of California SanFrancisco, found that the number ofphysicians who performed neuromodulationtest procedures increased4-fold from 2005 to 2010, accordingto an online report in Urology. Theaverage rates of procedures increasedsignificantly from 4.0 to 6.4procedures per physician per year,but the rates of device implantationremained stable.

From the June 01, 2015 Issue of Renal and Urology News