Three children with faecal incontinence, in whom conventional treatment had failed, were managed with a regimen that focuses on the symptoms and present behaviour. It is short term and uses a paradoxical approach.

PURPOSE Few reports address the reoperation rate after sacral neuromodulation implants. We report our long-term results and reoperations during our 14-year experience with sacral neuromodulation at our center. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the patient database at our center to assess the long-term outcome, incidence and cause of surgical re-intervention after InterStim® sa...

Recruitment of participants to clinical trials remains a significant challenge, especially for research addressing topics of a sensitive nature such as fecal incontinence (FI). In the Fiber Study, a randomized controlled trial on symptom management for FI, we successfully enrolled 189 community-living adults through collaborations with specialty-based and community-based settings, each employin...

OBJECTIVE Obstetric anal sphincter injuries are one of the most significant complications of vaginal delivery that give way to fecal incontinence, which is defined as the involuntary leakage of gas, fluid or solid stool. Although sphincter injuries are seen in 0.5-9% of all deliveries. It has been reported that 20-41% of women who had vaginal deliveries had occult anal sphincter injuries as end...

i T his report defines criteria for diagnosing functional anoectal disorders (ie, fecal incontinence, anorectal pain, nd disorders of defecation). Functional fecal incontience is defined as the uncontrolled passage of fecal aterial recurring for >3 months in an individual with a evelopmental age of >4 years that is associated with: 1) abnormal functioning of normally innervated and tructurally ...

INTRODUCTION Myotonic dystrophy (MD) or Steinert's syndrome is a rare cause of chronic diarrhea and anal incontinence. In the presence of chronic diarrhea and fecal incontinence with muscle weakness, neuromuscular disorders such as myotonic dystrophy should be considered in the differential diagnosis. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 45-year-old Turkish man with Steinert's syndrome,...

Results Altogether 28.9% of the residents had wheelchair disability or were bedridden, 10.6% disoriented in time and/or space, 49,5% had urinary incontinence and 35,3% fecal incontinence. Prevalence of MDRO was found to be 12.4%. The most common pathogens were MRSA, which consisted 43,2% of all S. aureus isolates (n=94) and ESBL(+) rods, which reached 13,9% out of 165 Enterobacteriaceae isolate...

BACKGROUND Male urinary incontinence adversely affects health-related quality of life and is associated with significant psychosexual and financial burden. The two most common forms of male incontinence are stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and overactive bladder (OAB) with concomitant urge urinary incontinence (UUI). OBJECTIVE The objectives of this article are to briefly review the current ...

OBJECTIVE Fecal loading, cognitive impairment, loose stools, functional disability, comorbidity and anorectal incontinence are recognized as factors contributing to loss of fecal continence in older adults. The objective of this project was to assess the relative distribution of these factors in a variety of settings along with the outcome of usual management. METHODS One hundred and twenty a...