“With the intuition of establishing a pain therapy network on the regional territory, the offer of the hospitals of theSan Carlo regional company has been enriched with innovative procedures that aim to reduce suffering in people affected by joint and nervous system disorders, making it possible to guarantee this type of particular care which has so far been absent in our region”.
The General Director states this with satisfaction Giuseppe Spera.
“For the first time in Basilicata – continues – was implanted in a Power woman 70 years old a sacral stimulator of the latest generation. Sacral stimulation makes it possible to manage, in the case of chronic pelvic pain that cannot be controlled pharmacologically and in the case of functional urological pathologies resistant to normal therapeutic practices, the nervous modulation of the entire uro-gynecological system in both sexes and therefore ensures the normalization of altered physiological pathways responsible for the symptoms”.
“For over seven years the patient complained of pain that could not be controlled pharmacologically at the vulvar and pelvic level, as well as having a serious urinary incontinence disorder which prevented her from leaving the house, sitting and carrying out normal daily activities. We intervened in two stages – explains the doctor Antonio GiardinaHead of Pain Therapy -. In the first half he was inserted under radiological guidance an electrocatheter connected to an external battery in the sacral nervous plexus which is responsible for this type of very widespread pathology. At the check-up visit, after seven days, the painful and functional bladder symptoms had been reduced by over 70% and it was therefore decided to insert, with a second operation, the definitive subcutaneous battery, lasting ten years, compatible with the access to any diagnostic imaging tests, such as magnetic resonance imaging. Both operations were performed under local anesthesia, with mild sedation and with minimal post-operative pain. At the next check-up visit the painful and functional symptoms had practically disappearedto the immense joy of the patient who was able to return to a normal life”.
