Effect of Electro-Stimulation in Management of Fecal Incontinence Post Colorectal Surgery | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 149, Volume 92, Issue 1, July 2023, Page 6449-6454 PDF (553.34 K) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.315682 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Fecal incontinence (FI) is a serious health, financial, as well as social problem. FI can be treated with several different approaches. FI is characterized by the uncontrollable passing of feces and includes (1) solid feces; (2) liquid feces; (3) soiling without any sort of sensation, warning, or trouble wiping it off is a passive FI;as well as (4) coital FI. Furthermore, fecal urgency is the sudden, compelling, and difficult-to-defer need to defecate, while flatal incontinence is the spontaneous loss of flatus. Objective: to detect the effect of electro-stimulation in the managing of fecal incontinence in post colorectal surgery patients. Patients and Methods: A total of 30 male patients experiencing fecal incontinence following colorectal surgery were split up into two groups of 15, completely at random from the physical therapy out-patient clinic at Tahta General Hospital in Egypt. The patients' ages ranged from 45 to 60. Group (A) (Control group): Composed of 15 patients with fecal incontinence post colorectal surgery who received pelvic floor exercise and medical treatment for 3 months. Group (B) (Experimental group): Composed of 15 patients with fecal incontinence post colorectal surgery who received pelvic floor exercise and medical treatment in addition to electrical stimulation for 3 months. Results: Group B had much substantial improvements in spontaneous as well as maximum contraction amplitude compared to group A, and a significantly lower Vaizey Incontinence Score (p > 0.01). Conclusion: It could be concluded that electrical stimulation has a significant improvement in management of fecal incontinence. | ||||
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