Chronic sacral nerve stimulation has an important role in the treatment of fecal incontinence. Newly reported findings indicate that this technique is an effective treatment for fecal incontinence resulting from unrepaired morphological defects of the anal sphincters, and suggest that the indications for this treatment can be expanded to include intractable constipation.
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Matzel, K. Sacral nerve stimulation therapy for defecatory disorders. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 7, 363–364 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2010.82
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