Clinical Investigation

Analysis of seconder anal sphincter repair in patients with faecal incontinence

10.5505/tjod.2012.54771

  • Ebru Öztürk
  • İrfan Kutlar
  • Özcan Balat
  • Mete Gürol Uğur
  • Fatma Bahar Cebesoy
  • Ebru Dikensoy

Turk J Obstet Gynecol 2012;9(1):55-58

Objective:

To evaluate the effectiveness of seconder anal sphincter repair in patients with faecal incontinence.

Design:

Retrospective study

Setting:

Gaziantep Üniversity, Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Patients:

Patients with fecal incontinence.

Interventions:

Seconder end-to-end repair of anal sphincter.

Main outcome measures:

Postoperative flatus and faecal incontinence

Results:

Twelve (75%) women had improvement for faecal incontinence in which 4 (25%) women had flatus incontinence.

Conclusions:

The results of seconder anal sphincter repair in Gaziantep University, Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology was observed in consistent with literature. Further randomised controlled trials to compare the effectiveness of different techniques including overlap repair, end-to-end repair in reducing anal incontinence are needed.

Keywords: faecal incontinence, seconder anal sphincter repair