Recent Innovations in the Management of Fecal Incontinence
| Autor: | N.S. Williams, A.A. Darakhshan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Scoring system Lumbosacral Plexus Urology Anal Canal Electric Stimulation Therapy Internal anal sphincter medicine Humans Fecal incontinence Child Electrodes business.industry Colonic irrigation Reproducibility of Results Biofeedback Psychology Pelvic Floor Response to treatment Surgery Sacral nerve stimulation Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Artificial Organs medicine.symptom Anal sphincter business Surgical management of fecal incontinence Fecal Incontinence |
| Zdroj: | Seminars in Pediatric Surgery. 11:83-90 |
| ISSN: | 1055-8586 |
| Popis: | The importance of having a reproducible scoring system to objectively assess the severity of fecal incontinence and its response to treatment is stressed, and a number of methods are described. The approach to conservative treatment and investigation is outlined. Recent advances in the surgical management of fecal incontinence including the electrically stimulated gracilis neosphincter, sacral nerve stimulation, the artificial anal sphincter, internal anal sphincter augmentation, rectal augmentation, and antegrade colonic irrigation are described in detail. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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