Fecal Incontinence

Mia Kim (Germany) at ESCP Thessaloniki 2024

Oral visual poster presentation - Sadé Assmann (Netherlands) at ESCP Thessaloniki 2024

Audrius Dulskas (Lithuania) at ESCP Thessaloniki 2024

The fourth webinar in the our series 'Faecal Incontinence and Obstructed Defecation - Diagnostics to Treatment and Beyond' took place on Thursday 8 February 2024.

The third webinar in the our series 'Faecal Incontinence and Obstructed Defecation - Diagnostics to Treatment and Beyond' took place on Thursday 7 December 2023.

The second webinar in the our series 'Faecal Incontinence and Obstructed Defecation - Diagnostics to Treatment and Beyond' took place on 12 October 2023.

The first webinar in the our series 'Faecal Incontinence and Obstructed Defecation - Diagnostics to Treatment and Beyond' took place on 13 July 2023.

One of 12 best abstracts - Jakob Duelund-Jakobsen (Denmark) at ESCP Dublin 2022

Scientific session - Carolynne Vaizey (UK) at ESCP Dublin 2022

Cohorts and Audits Symposium - Audrius Dulskas (Lithuania) at ESCP Dublin 2022

Cohorts and Audits Symposium - Lilli Lundby (Denmark) at ESCP Dublin 2022

New trials forum - Ugo Grossi (Italy) at ESCP Barcelona 2021

Guideline-based discussion - Yasuko Maeda (UK) at ESCP Barcelona 2021

Top abstract 6 - Emilie Duchalais (France) at ESCP Virtually Vilnius 2020

Educational session - Klaus Matzel (Germany) at ESCP Virtually Vilnius 2020

Symposium - Gabriela Möslein (Germany) at ESCP Virtually Vilnius 2020

Symposium - Paul Antoine Lehur (France) at ESCP Virtually Vilnius 2020

Symposium - Carlo Ratto (Italy) at ESCP Virtually Vilnius 2020

Symposium - Emma Carrington (Ireland) at ESCP Virtually Vilnius 2020

Symposium - Julie Cornish (UK) at ESCP Virtually Vilnius 2020

Symposium - Gabriela Möslein (Germany) at ESCP Virtually Vilnius 2020

Educational session - Yasuko Maeda (UK) at ESCP Virtually Vilnius 2020

One of the Six Best Free Papers - Malou Barosa (Denmark) at ESCP Vienna 2019

Pelvic Floor session - Ronan O'Connell (Ireland) at ESCP Vienna 2019

Symposium - Lilli Lundby (Denmark) at ESCP Nice 2018

Symposium - Klaus Matzel (Germany) at ESCP Nice 2018

Symposium - Carolynne Vaizey (UK) at ESCP Nice 2018

Educational session - Yasuko Maeda (UK) at ESCP Berlin 2017

One of the Six Best Free Papers - Laurent Abramowitz (France) at ESCP Berlin 2017

Fecal incontinence is not a rare condition; it is an often unvoiced disorder. Approximately 2 % of the general population is affected, and it is more frequent with increased age. Various classifications are used to reflect the severity of symptoms and their impact on quality of life. Diagnostic management leading to therapeutic interventions depends on disease stage; in the majority of patients diagnostic techniques are simple and therapy is conservative, following a pragmatic approach. Diagnostics may help to distinguish functional from morphological causes and thus direct treatment. Operative therapy is indicated if conservative treatment fails to adequately relieve symptoms. Interventions range from minimally invasive outpatient procedures to more extended surgery with sphincter replacement. The mainstays of surgery for fecal incontinence are sphincter repair and sacral nerve stimulation. Although the indications for the various surgical procedures can overlap, there are distinct conceptual differences. In addition, practitioners are increasingly coming to appreciate that, for some patients, only a combination of various therapeutic modes will improve symptoms.