| Literature DB >> 27582653 |
Katarzyna Bochenska1, Anne-Marie Boller2.
Abstract
Fecal incontinence (FI) is a chronic and debilitating condition that carries a significant health, economic, and social burden. FI has a considerable psychosocial and financial impact on patients and their families. A variety of treatment modalities are available for FI including behavioral and dietary modifications, pharmacotherapy, pelvic floor physical therapy, bulking agents, anal sphincteroplasty, sacral nerve stimulation, artificial sphincters, magnetic sphincters, posterior anal sling, and colostomy.Entities:
Keywords: anal sphincter repair; fecal incontinence; treatment
Year: 2016 PMID: 27582653 PMCID: PMC4991967 DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1584504
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Colon Rectal Surg ISSN: 1530-9681