Neuromodulation therapy for perineal or dorsal branch of pudendal nerve

摘要

The disclosure describes a method and system for applying electrical stimulation to a pudendal nerve of a patient via an implantable electrical stimulation device to treat a pelvic disorder in men or women. Pelvic disorders may include sexual dysfunction, urinary incontinence, pudendal nerve entrapment (PNE), and urogenital pain or other forms of pelvic pain, e.g., chronic pelvic pain and prostatitis-like pain. The electrical stimulation may be applied to one or both pudendal nerves and, more particularly, to at least one of a dorsal branch and a perineal branch of one or both pudendal nerves. In some embodiments, the electrical stimulation may be applied to at least one of the dorsal and perineal branches of a pudendal nerve via a pudendal canal of the patient. In further embodiments, drug therapy may be delivered alone or in combination with electrical stimulation to one or both pudendal nerves of a patient via an implantable drug delivery device.