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What are surgery options for stool incontinence?
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Surgery ineffective: The truth about this difficult problem is that surgeries to try to restore or "strengthen" the anal sphincter are difficult and not predictably effective. An exciting option recently approved is sacral neuromodulation (interstim). This is a minimally invasive procedure that 'resets' dysfunctional nerve signals to the rectal muscles by stimulating the sacral nerves. Outpatient, easy recovery.
Answered 5/11/2016
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Interstim: Sphincteroplasty, colonic diversion.
Answered 2/6/2016
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