OBJECTIVE To investigate the occurrence of and risk factors for fecal and/or gas incontinence in female patients having urinary incontinence. PATIENTS AND METHODS 741 consecutive adult female patients presenting with urinary incontinence alone (group 1, n = 700) or urinary incontinence with fecal and/or gas incontinence (group 2, n = 41) were enrolled into the study. As potential risk factors...

objective: the aims of this study were to determine the frequency of urinary and fecal incontinence and their determinants in pre-menopausal and menopausal women in iran. materials and methods: this one-year cross-sectional study was performed on 304 women aged 40-55 who were admitted to women's clinic at imam khomeini hospital. symptoms of urinary, gas, and fecal incontinence and pelvic organs...

  Background   Some controversy exists about the role of cecostomy in the management of fecal disorders. The present meta-analysis aims provide a comprehensive evaluation on the role of cecostomy on management of fecal incontinence and constipation in children.   Materials and Methods   An extensive search was performed on the Medline, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science until July 2017. Two ind...

OBJECTIVE The rapidly increasing prevalence of obesity in children is the most important problem facing pediatricians today. A recent study suggested an association of obesity and constipation in children but lacked a control group for comparison. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of obesity in a large cohort of children with functional constipation and to compare it ...

MB Fecal incontinence is the inability to defer the urge to pass gas or stool until a socially acceptable time and place. It is estimated that fecal incontinence affects approximately 15 million individuals in the United States; however, this figure likely underestimates the true prevalence of this condition. It is estimated that approximately two thirds of the patients who suffer from fecal in...

PURPOSE Passive fecal incontinence after hemorrhoidectomy may occur and is socially incapacitating. There has been no effective treatment for passive fecal incontinence caused by internal anal sphincter dysfunction. This case series reviewed the outcome of therapy with injectable silicone biomaterial (PTQ) in patients who had passive fecal incontinence after hemorrhoidectomy. METHODS From 200...

PURPOSE To date, no measures of fecal incontinence severity or its impact on quality of life have been validated for telephone interview. This study was designed to 1) compare responses of a self-administered and a telephone-administered Fecal Incontinence Severity Index; 2) compare a self-administered Fecal Incontinence Quality of Life Scale to the Manchester Health Questionnaire after modifyi...

Sacral neuromodulation (SNM) has emerged as a treatment option for refractory lower urinary tract and bowel dysfunction in children. SNM is typically reserved for a select population of children who have failed an extended period of behavioral modification, biofeedback, and pharmacologic therapy. The surgical techniques for SNM in children are analogous to those in adults and include both onean...

BACKGROUND Fecal incontinence is a common problem that has been associated with anatomic, physiological, and medical conditions. There are very few data on the factors associated with fecal incontinence in elderly women. OBJECTIVES We aimed to determine the factors associated with fecal incontinence via a population-based survey in a large cohort of elderly Australian women. DESIGN AND SETT...