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Fecal incontinence in women is a perplexing problem with few answers.
2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fecal incontinence in women is a perplexing problem with few answers.
According to recent research published in the journal Gastroenterology, "fecal incontinence affects between 1% and 16% of women, with prevalence increasing with age. The most common cause of fecal incontinence in otherwise healthy women is damage to the anal sphincter(s) during childbirth. As such, the most important tool in the ''treatment'' of fecal incontinence is its prevention, which should be the first research priority for gynecologists."
"Routine midline (median) episiotomy has no place in modern obstetrics; when episiotomy must be performed for obstetric indications, use of mediolateral episiotomy should result in fewer anal sphincter injuries than use of midline episiotomy," according to A.M. Weber and colleagues, Magee Women's Hospital, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science.
"Additional research questions that gynecologists hope to address are as follows. (1) When anal sphincter injury occurs at delivery, what is the most effective method of repair? Even when repair is performed, women frequently have symptoms of altered bowel function ranging from fecal urgency to frank fecal incontinence. (2) Is it possible to improve the relatively poor results of ...
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- Magazine article from: OB/GYN Clinical Alert July 1, 2000 700+ words
...following delivery, each woman received a mail questionnaire...determine whether fecal incontinence was a problem for the woman. At the time of delivery, 42 women were found to have...reported some type of fecal incontinence. (For this study...
- Study says InterStim therapy benefits fecal incontinence.
- Newspaper article from: Medical Device Daily April 19, 2004 700+ words
...therapy benefits fecal incontinence By KAREN YOUNG Medical...debilitating condition of fecal incontinence. Published in the...people suffering from fecal incontinence. Patients in the...of men and 26% of women over 50. InterStim...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 22, 1999 700+ words
...the treatment of severe fecal incontinence. The Acticon Neosphincter...prosthesis for men and women who suffer from severe fecal incontinence, defined as the loss...the FDA because severe fecal incontinence affects fewer than 4...
- ConvaTec Launches Advanced Fecal Incontinence Management System.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 7, 2004 700+ words
...FMS) for patients with episodic fecal incontinence in U.S. markets in November 2004...designed to dramatically improve fecal incontinence management. Flexi-Seal(R) FMS...semi-liquid stool. Ineffective fecal incontinence management can lead to serious skin...
Source: HighBeam Research, Fecal incontinence in women is a perplexing problem with few answers.