TY - JOUR
T1 - Fecal Incontinence
T2 - Epidemiology, Impact, and Treatment
AU - Bochenska, Katarzyna
AU - Boller, Anne Marie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - anal sphincter repair
KW - fecal incontinence
KW - treatment
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0036-1584504
DO - 10.1055/s-0036-1584504
M3 - Article
C2 - 27582653
AN - SCOPUS:84983088178
SN - 1531-0043
VL - 29
SP - 264
EP - 270
JO - Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery
JF - Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery
IS - 3
ER -