The internal anal sphincter consists of smooth muscle and maintains 70% of the resting anal tone. The external anal sphincter consists of striated muscle and accounts for the remaining 30% of resting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with fecal incontinence experience negligible differences in improvement between primary interventions ...

A literature review by Veterans Affairs researchers highlights the usefulness of biofeedback for headache and incontinence treatment, and stroke recovery. There was less evidence for its role in other ...

Biofeedback has long been proposed as an effective treatment for fecal incontinence, but evidence from well-designed randomized controlled trials has been lacking. Now, Steve Heymen and colleagues ...

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Fecal incontinence is a common problem in women, which often enforces life changes owing to embarrassment and social stigma. It is frequently not reported or diagnosed. Age, obstetric trauma, pelvic ...

Dear Doctor K: In an earlier column, you wrote about causes of fecal incontinence. You mentioned that there are effective treatments. Can you tell us about them? Dear Reader: Although there are ...

U of U Health Colon and Rectal Surgery Services has advanced fellowship training and experience in colon and rectal surgery, as well as gastrointestinal surgery. Our colon and rectal surgeons are ...

Fecal incontinence, also known as bowel incontinence or accidental bowel leakage, is the inability to control your bowel ...

The goal of treatment for patients with FI is to restore, or at least improve, continence and minimize the impact of FI on QOL. Complete continence may not be achievable, depending on the etiology, ...