Graciloplasty For Fecal Incontinence Research Articles

Adynamic Graciloplasty for Faecal Incontinence in an Adult after Anal Atresia Correction in Infancy – a Case Report

Background. Here we present a case of female patient suffering from bowel incontinence. Case report. The patient underwent unstimulated graciloplasty. Postoperative period was uneventful. After 4 weeks, a course of low frequency electric external stimulation in the area around the neurovascular bundle in the thigh was performed. Patient was evaluated 3 months postoperatively. On inspection, her anus was closed at rest. She stated moderate improvement in her continence and quality of life, her Wexner score was 10 and FISI score was 32 (prior surgery 19 and 44 accordingly). Conclusion. Adynamic graciloplasty seems to be a reasonable method of choice for faecal incontinence.

Modified perianal incisions in graciloplasty for fecal incontinence.

1Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

One staged endoscopic graciloplasty for faecal incontinence

One staged endoscopic graciloplasty for faecal incontinence

The electrically stimulated (dynamic) graciloplasty for faecal incontinence--first experiences with a modified muscle sling.

Continence following the gracilis stimulated neosphincter reconstruction after total rectal excision is inferior to that obtained in the presence of an intact anal canal. We describe a modification of the alpha loop in which the tendon is brought through the belly of the gracilis muscle. The results in three patients are presented.