TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Anal Incontinence
A1  - Santoro, Giulio Aniello
A1  - Sultan, Abdul H.
A2  - Rogers, Rebecca G.
A2  - Sung, Vivian W.
A2  - Iglesia, Cheryl B.
A2  - Thakar, Ranee
PY  - 2014
T2  - Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery: Clinical Practice and Surgical Atlas
AB  - Anal  incontinence  (AI)  is  defined  as  the  involuntary  loss  of  flatus,  liquid,  or  stool  that  is  a  social  and  hygienic  problem.1  It  remains  a  complex  and  poorly  understood  condition  with  a  multifactorial  etiology.  Several  mechanisms,  either  alone  or  in  combination,  produce  symptoms  of  AI:  (a)  consistency  and  amount  of  stool  (eg,  diarrhea),  (b)  damage  to  the  mucosa  of  the  colon  and  rectum  (eg,  colitis),  (c)  neurologic  factors  (eg,  diabetes,  Parkinson  disease),  (d)  miscellaneous  (eg,  congenital  disorders,  rectocele,  etc),  and  (e)  injuries  to  the  anal  sphincter  and  pelvic  floor  muscles.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105832614
ER  -