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Sphincteroplasty for anal incontinence
Sphincteroplasty (SP) is the operation most frequently performed in patients suffering from moderate-to-severe anal incontinence (AI) who do not respond to conservative treatment. Other costly surgeries, such as artificial bowel sphincter (ABS) and electro-stimulated graciloplasty, have been more or less abandoned due to their high morbidity rate. Minimally invasive procedures are widely used, ...
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Parks operation for faecal incontinence was performed on 97 patients with total loss of anorectal control due to injury. All had sustained complete division of the anal sphincters as a result of trauma, anal surgery, or obstetric tears and either were incontinent or had been given a colostomy. In all patients the divided sphincters were repaired using an overlapping technique; in 93 the repair ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1948
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591574804100715