Bulking agent injected submucosally is an alternative effective treatment for faecal incontinence in elderly patients who fail conservative measures. Since most elderly patients are on antiplatelet therapy and are sometimes unaware of their medication, this can lead to serious complications.

Spinal cord ischemia is a well-known potential complication of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), and it is usually manifested by paraplegia or paraparesis. We describe a case in which spinal cord ischemia after EVAR presented by isolated bladder and rectal incontinence without other neurological deficits. A 63-year-old woman presented with intermittent claudication secondary to an infrarenal...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this review was to assess the effectiveness, safety, and cost of sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) to treat urinary urge incontinence, urgency-frequency, urinary retention, and fecal incontinence. BACKGROUND CONDITION AND TARGET POPULATION Urinary urge incontinence, urgency-frequency, urinary retention, and fecal incontinence are prevalent, yet rarely discussed, conditions. ...

Faecal incontinence has been previously defined as ‘the involuntary or inappropriate passage of faeces’. This definition, however, is considered to be incomplete as it does not include incontinence to flatus. Therefore many adopt the term anal incontinence to include flatus. The current recommended definition of anal incontinence is the involuntary loss of flatus, liquid or solid stool that is ...

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder. Anorectal involvement might typically cause fecal incontinence and rarely rectal prolapse. Here we report three female patients, who were admitted with a mean history of 10 years suffering from SSc. All patients presented with the initial symptom of anal incontinence, in all cases this was associated with rectal intussuscepti...

Objective To estimate obstetrical risk factors of fecal incontinence among middle-aged women.

Women of all ages and social and cultural backgrounds can be affected by prolapse, urinary incontinence and faecal incontinence. For most, a cure can be found with the right investigation and subsequent treatment. For some, however, a cause can take time to be established, some may not want medical or surgical treatment, and for others a cure is not always possible. For these groups of women, d...

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