Pudendal neuropathy and severity of incontinence but not presence of an anal sphincter defect may determine the response to biofeedback therapy in fecal incontinence
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum1999Vol. 42(6), pp. 762–769
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Anne‐Marie Leroi, Marie-Paule Dorival, Marie-Françoise Lecouturier, Christine Saiter, Marie-Laure Welter, Jean‐Yves Touchais, Philippe Denis
Abstract
In patients with fecal incontinence, the severity of symptoms and pudendal neuropathy should be considered as two factors of poor prognosis of favorable manometric results after biofeedback therapy. Improvement, on the other hand, may be expected after biofeedback therapy despite an external anal sphincter defect.
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