Anorectal Incontinence

Fecal Incontinence and Anorectal Malformations

Accuracy of anorectal manometry in patients with fecal incontinence.

BACKGROUND/AIM Patients with fecal incontinence (FI) have lower anal resting (MRP) and squeeze (MSP) pressure and an impaired sensitivity compared to healthy people. However, whether anorectal manometry (ARM) can separate precisely between health and disease is discussed controversially. The aim was to evaluate the accuracy of ARM in a huge cohort of patients and controls. METHODS ARM was obt...

Sphincter denervation in anorectal incontinence and rectal prolapse.

Biopsies of the external anal sphincter, puborectalis, and levator ani muscles have been examined in 24 women and one man with long-standing anorectal incontinence, 18 of whom also had rectal prolapse, and in two men with rectal prolapse alone. In 16 of the women anorectal incontinence was of unknown cause, but in eight there was a history of difficult labour. Similar biopsies were examined in ...

The Evaluation of Anorectal Dysfunction in Paediatric Faecal Incontinence

High-resolution Anorectal Manometry and Anal Endosonographic Findings in the Evaluation of Fecal Incontinence

CC This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Figure 1. The low mean resting anal pressure (28 mmHg), maximum squeezing pressure (135 ...