RT Book, Section
A1 Santoro, Giulio Aniello
A1 Sultan, Abdul H.
A2 Rogers, Rebecca G.
A2 Sung, Vivian W.
A2 Iglesia, Cheryl B.
A2 Thakar, Ranee
SR Print(0)
ID 1105832614
T1 Anal Incontinence
T2 Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery: Clinical Practice and Surgical Atlas
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-175641-9
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105832614
RD 2024/04/19
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.