ALLMedicine™ Fecal Incontinence Center

Nov 20th, 2020 - Fecal incontinence can be a challenging and stigmatizing disease with a high prevalence in the elderly population. Despite effective treatment options, most patients do not receive care. Clues in the history and physical examination can assist the...

Nov 20th, 2020 - Fecal incontinence treatment goals are understudied and are not described for women presenting to care. Our objective was to explore patient-reported goals for fecal incontinence management among women presenting for care at a pelvic floor disorde...

Nov 19th, 2020 - Two subgroups of fecal incontinence (FI) are described in literature and used in clinical practice. However, the pertinence of this classification of FI is still unknown as there are no clear established guidelines. To a better understanding, we p...

Nov 17th, 2020 - Enemas have become a common practice for treating fecal incontinence and severe constipation. Several patients receiving enemas complained of severe, colicky, abdominal pain during enema administration and complained that the duration for fluid to...

Nov 12th, 2020 - Neurogenic bowel dysfunctions (NBDs) in the form of both fecal incontinence (FI) and functional constipation (FC) are frequent in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and significantly affect their quality of life. Therapeutic options are limited. To ...

Mar 26th, 2019 - Fecal incontinence, or the involuntary leakage of solid or loose stool, is estimated to affect 7-15% of community-dwelling women (1). It is associated with reduced quality of life, negative psychologic effects, and social stigma (2), yet many wome...

Jul 22nd, 2015 - The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons' Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Fecal Incontinence.|2015|Paquette IM,Varma MG,Kaiser AM,Steele SR,Rafferty JF,|diagnosis,etiology,therapy,

Jun 30th, 2015 - The scope of this updated practice parameter (last version 2007) is to address the evaluation and management of patients with fecal incontinence based on a thorough review of the published evidence.

Apr 1st, 2015 - Anorectal disorders such as dyssynergic defecation, fecal incontinence, levator ani syndrome, and solitary rectal ulcer syndrome are common, and affect both the adult and pediatric populations. Although they are treated with several treatment appr...

Jul 15th, 2014 - These guidelines summarize the definitions, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnoses, and treatments of a group of benign disorders of anorectal function and/or structure. Disorders of function include defecation disorders, fecal incontinence, ...

Nov 20th, 2020 - Fecal incontinence can be a challenging and stigmatizing disease with a high prevalence in the elderly population. Despite effective treatment options, most patients do not receive care. Clues in the history and physical examination can assist the...

Nov 20th, 2020 - Fecal incontinence treatment goals are understudied and are not described for women presenting to care. Our objective was to explore patient-reported goals for fecal incontinence management among women presenting for care at a pelvic floor disorde...

Nov 19th, 2020 - Two subgroups of fecal incontinence (FI) are described in literature and used in clinical practice. However, the pertinence of this classification of FI is still unknown as there are no clear established guidelines. To a better understanding, we p...

Nov 17th, 2020 - Enemas have become a common practice for treating fecal incontinence and severe constipation. Several patients receiving enemas complained of severe, colicky, abdominal pain during enema administration and complained that the duration for fluid to...

Nov 12th, 2020 - Neurogenic bowel dysfunctions (NBDs) in the form of both fecal incontinence (FI) and functional constipation (FC) are frequent in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and significantly affect their quality of life. Therapeutic options are limited. To ...

Sep 5th, 2019 - For first-line treatment of patients with fecal incontinence, pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is superior to attention-control massage, according to investigators. Source: American Gastroenterological Association In a study involving 98 patien.

Jul 19th, 2019 - Women with fecal incontinence but normal stool consistency should not expect much improvement from common first-line treatments, with little therapeutic difference between options emerging from the CAPABLe (Controlling Anal incontinence by Perform...

Jul 16th, 2019 - BARCELONA — Can patients with rectal cancer skip surgery? Skipping surgery is better for quality of life because it avoids placement of a permanent colostomy, as well as other potential complications, such as coloanal anastomosis, which can lead t...

Jul 16th, 2019 - BARCELONA — Can patients with rectal cancer skip surgery? Skipping surgery is better for quality of life because it avoids placement of a permanent colostomy, as well as other potential complications, such as coloanal anastomosis, which can lead t...

Jun 15th, 2019 - MADRID – More patients with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (SSc) experienced improvement in gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms when given a gut microbiota transplant, compared with control subjects in a 16-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-.