Management of Fecal Incontinence Current Treatment Approaches and Future Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mongardini, Massimo (Editor), Giofrè, Manuel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Gastroenterology.; Rehabilitation medicine.; Rectum > Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Colorectal Surgery.; Imaging / Radiology.; Rehabilitation Medicine.

This book presents state of the art knowledge regarding the pathophysiology and diagnosis of fecal incontinence and describes and illustrates all relevant treatment techniques. In addition to the approaches that have been the mainstay of treatment of fecal incontinence to date, it covers recent inno...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Anatomy
• 2 Physiology and Pathophysiology
• 3 Diagnosis and Imaging
• 4 Endoanal Ultrasound
• 5 MR
• 6 Anorectal Manometry
• 7 Electromyography
• 8 Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation
• 9 Radiofrequency (SECCA procedure)
• 10 Sacral Nerve Stimulation
• 11 Bulking agent and perspectives
• 12 Artificial Bowel Sphincter
• 13 Anal Sphincter Reconstructions and Replacements
• 14 Stoma
• 15 Stem Cells.