Recent advances in managing fecal incontinence

Fecal incontinence (FI) is the uncontrolled passage of feces or gas in an individual who previously had control. The prevalence of the problem varies but can be as high as 50% of institutionalized individuals. The severity varies among individuals, but the negative impact on self-esteem and quality...

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Autores principales: Da Silva, Giovanna, Sirany, Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2019
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6676508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31448087
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.15270.2
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description Fecal incontinence (FI) is the uncontrolled passage of feces or gas in an individual who previously had control. The prevalence of the problem varies but can be as high as 50% of institutionalized individuals. The severity varies among individuals, but the negative impact on self-esteem and quality of life can have devastating effects. The goals of treatment are to decrease the frequency and severity of episodes as well as to improve quality of life. At present, several therapies, ranging from medical management to more invasive surgical interventions, are offered for the management of FI. In this article, we review the most recent advances in the management of FI.
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spelling pubmed-66765082019-08-22 Recent advances in managing fecal incontinence Da Silva, Giovanna Sirany, Anne F1000Res Review Fecal incontinence (FI) is the uncontrolled passage of feces or gas in an individual who previously had control. The prevalence of the problem varies but can be as high as 50% of institutionalized individuals. The severity varies among individuals, but the negative impact on self-esteem and quality of life can have devastating effects. The goals of treatment are to decrease the frequency and severity of episodes as well as to improve quality of life. At present, several therapies, ranging from medical management to more invasive surgical interventions, are offered for the management of FI. In this article, we review the most recent advances in the management of FI. F1000 Research Limited 2019-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6676508/ /pubmed/31448087 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.15270.2 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Da Silva G and Sirany A http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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