the second international proctology congress was held on october 17 to 18 at razavi hospital. some surgeons of the italian society of colo-rectal surgery (societa italiana di chirurgia colo-rettale, siccr) attended the congress.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of faecal incontinence in the community and evaluate identifiable risk factors. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional survey using a validated questionnaire. A short version of the questionnaire was sent to 220 subjects and a long version to 770 subjects, randomly selected from western Sydney, Australia. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Self-reported faecal incontine...

There are limited data on the incidence and management of acute faecal incontinence with diarrhoea in the ICU. The FIRST™ Observational Study was undertaken to obtain data on clinical practices used in the ICU for the management of acute faecal incontinence with diarrhoea in Germany, UK, Spain and Italy. ICU-hospitalised patients ≥18 years of age experiencing a second episode of acute faecal in...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To identify and describe the lived experience of persons living with faecal incontinence and show how it affects daily life. BACKGROUND Faecal incontinence is a relatively common condition, with a prevalence ranging from 3-24%, not differing between men and women. There is an under-reporting due to patients' reluctance to talk about their symptoms and consult healthcare pr...

INTRODUCTION The objective of this study is to report our experience with sacral nerve stimulation for the treatment of severe faecal incontinence after the first 10 years with this technique. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between 2001 and 2011, 49 patients with severe faecal incontinence underwent sacral nerve stimulation. Anorectal manometry, endoanal ultrasound and pudendal nerve latency were perfo...

BACKGROUND A variety of therapeutic approaches are available for faecal incontinence. Implantation of Gatekeeper prostheses is a new promising option. The primary endpoint of this prospective observational multicentre study was to assess the clinical efficacy of Gatekeeper implantation in patients with faecal incontinence. Secondary endpoints included the assessment of patients' quality of life...

BACKGROUND Prevalence studies of faecal incontinence in the general population are rare and the impact of faecal incontinence on quality of life has not been previously addressed. AIMS To establish the prevalence of faecal incontinence in adults in terms of frequency of leakage, degree of soiling, and level of impact on quality of life. METHODS In a cross sectional postal survey, 15 904 adu...

SIR—Our paper on the prevalence of faecal incontinence [1] was published after Edwards and Jones’ similar study was accepted for publication in Age and Ageing [2]. Readers might therefore be interested in our findings which were not discussed in Edwards and Jones’ paper. The Tipping the Balance study included over 1600 interviews with people over 70 [3]. They were asked specific questions about...

AIM To explore the prevalence rate of faecal incontinence in community-dwelling older people, associated factors, impact on quality of life and practices in managing faecal incontinence. METHOD Using a cross-sectional design, 600 older people aged 60+ were randomly selected from a population of 2916 in Bali, Indonesia using a simple random sampling technique. Three hundred and three participa...