It literally means the involuntary leakage of intestinal contents and intestinal gas and the inability to control this situation
. It is a disease that affects the work and social life of patients
and even causes serious introversion and psychological illnesses.
Patients do not want to take part in the community because of these disorders.
The disease Among the causes, many causes can be examined under the headings of congenital and acquired. The most common among these reasons are; Previous anal (breech) region surgeries, difficult births and inflammatory diseases affecting the anal region.
Diagnosis
Wexner Clevkand Clinic, which is accepted in the world for the diagnosis and grading of the disease.
The scoring system must be reported by patients. In this scoring system, scores below 8 and
are considered normal
Patients with high scores in the scoring system may need to undergo further examinations in line with age and clinical examination.
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Among these examinations;
anal region muscle pressure measurement (anal manometer)
anal region muscle-nerve conduction measurement (pntml).
anal (anal) region muscle injury measurement (anal ultrasound)
are the tests that should be performed.
Treatment
Other anal (anal) ) as in regional diseases, cause-oriented treatment is the gold standard.
In patients with no or minimal muscle injury, EMG-biofeedback and Successful results are achieved in the majority of patients with PTNS
(Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation)
.
Advanced technique is used in cases of advanced muscle tearing and other causes of injury. /p>
Operations may be required.
Whatever the cause and treatment, it should not be forgotten that anal incontinence treatment is like a long-term marathon run
. With patient and doctor harmony, successful results can bring the patient to a new social
life. With the latest technological devices and their correct use, success rates reaching 80% are observed in patients.
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