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New surgeries emerging for fecal incontinence.(Geriatric Medicine)
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. -- Anterior overlapping sphincter repair is commonly performed in patients with fecal incontinence secondary to an anterior defect in the sphincter complex, but long-term outcomes are questionable.
In the short term, 50%-75% of patients achieve good control of solid and liquid bowel movements. But the limited data available on long-term outcomes are less promising, Eric G. Weiss, M.D., said at a symposium on pelvic floor disorders sponsored by the Cleveland Clinic Florida.
Few of the patients requiring such surgery--usually as a result of obstetric or iatrogenic trauma--have good long-term function, said Dr. Weiss of Cleveland Clinic…
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