URMC surgeon is nation's first to implant pacemaker-like device for bowel incontinence
Monday, July 4, 2011 - 07:31
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- Since the technology secured FDA approval this spring, a University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) surgeon this month became the first in the nation to implant a pacemaker-like device that could help millions of Americans with fecal incontinence regain bowel control and live more normal lives.