Partial denervation procedures for bladder pain syndrome

Abstract

Partial denervation of bladder was used to treat severe urgency and urge incontinence in women and was first documented in the year 1959 [1]. Over the period of years, Ingleman and Sundeberg documented and advocated the efficacy of this procedure of partial denervation of the urinary bladder through the vaginal route [2, 3]. Cespedes and co workers published the results of the same procedure with minor modifications to treat urge incontinence in women [4, 5]. Rackley and Abdalmalak in their compilation of surgical management of overactive bladder have summarized the various possible denervation techniques of bladder for use in intractable cases [6].