Open AccessThe role of surgery for bowel incontinence
Author(s) -
M.R.B. Kieghley
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
acta chirurgica iugoslavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0887
pISSN - 0354-950X
DOI - 10.2298/aci0202013k
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , fecal incontinence , general surgery
It is now recognised that the results of surgical treatment for bowel incontinence are frequently rather disappointing. It is wrong to raise patients expectations and push patients into surgical treatment for bowel incontinence unless they are aware of the likely outcome measures. Frequently there is deterioration in continence with age, often surgical treatments last only a short period