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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Baeten, Cor G.M.I
• Geerdes, Bastiaan P
• Adang, Eddy M.M
• Heineman, Erik
• Konsten, Joop
• Engel, Gerard L
• Kester, Arnold D.M
• Spaans, Frank
• Soeters, Peter B

Titel

Anal Dynamic Graciloplasty in the Treatment of Intractable Fecal Incontinence

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 1995-06, Vol.332 (24), p.1600-1605

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

1995

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Severe fecal incontinence is a problem that may substantially diminish a person's quality of life. 1 , 2 The prevalence of persistent fecal incontinence in the United States has been reported to be 2.3 percent. 3 Treatment methods such as a change of diet, the use of constipating agents or daily enemas, and training in biofeedback can often be effective. 4 If conservative treatment fails, several surgical treatments, including the creation of a colostomy, have been used with varying success. One surgical treatment is the construction of a neosphincter around the anal canal with the gracilis muscle. 5 The results of this procedure have been . . .