ArticleTechniques in coloproctology2019
Long-term outcome of sphincteroplasty with separate suturing of the internal and the external anal sphincter.
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- Short- and long-term outcomes of sphincteroplasty for anal incontinence related to obstetric injury: a systematic review.Updates in surgery · 2023Pooled it
- IUGA International Guidelines on Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries.International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
- Anal sphincter reconstruction for fecal incontinence: Techniques, outcomes, and future directions.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Review
- Simultaneous Vaginoplasty with Acellular Dermal Matrix and Pedicled Omental Flap and Pull-Through Colon-Anal Anastomosis for Low Rectal Cancer with Vaginal Invasion.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) and secondary repair (overlapping sphincteroplasty) in a colorectal unit: case series.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Anatomical sphincteroplasty as a surgical treatment for faecal incontinence: proposal for a global anatomical reconstructive surgical procedure and results from a case series.Updates in surgery · 2024Article
- Multimodal Management of Fecal Incontinence Focused on Sphincteroplasty: Long-Term Outcomes from a Single Center Case Series.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- How to do it: delayed sphincteroplasty for obstetric anal sphincter injury.ANZ journal of surgery · 2022Article
- Early secondary repair of obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIs): experience and a review of the literature.International urogynecology journal · 2021Review
- CAN Stryphnodendron adstringens EXTRACT IMPROVE THE RESULTS OF FISTULOTOMY FOLLOWED BY PRIMARY SPHINCTEROPLASTY IN THE TREATMENT OF TRANSSPHINCTERIC FISTULAE?Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2020Article
- Fecal incontinence and rectal prolapse.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundSphincteroplasty is one of the treatment options for anal incontinence following obstetric injury. The aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term effect of sphincteroplasty with separate suturing of the internal and the external anal sphincter on anal continence.
methodsA retrospective study was conducted on women who had sphincteroplasty for treatment of anal incontinence following obstetric injury. Women operated between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2014 at Sykehuset Innlandet Hospital Trust Hamar, were invited to answer a questionnaire and participate in a clinical examination, including endoanal sonography.
results111 (86.7%) women participated. Median postoperative follow-up was 44.5 months, and 63.8% of the participants experienced an improvement of at least three points in the St. Mark's incontinence score. Fecal urgency and daily fecal leakage persisted in 39.4% and 6.4% of the participants, respectively. The internal anal sphincter improvement persisted in 61.8% of the participants, and there was a median reduction of their St. Mark's score of 6.0 points between the preoperative value and the value at long-term follow-up. There was no significant change in the St. Mark's score of patients with persistent dehiscence of the internal anal sphincter.
conclusionsSphincteroplasty, with separate suturing of the internal sphincter resulted in continence for stool maintained for at least 3 years in the majority of the patients, while there was an improvement in continence in nearly two-thirds.
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