Fecal Incontinence

The FDA has approved Axonics Inc’s fourth-generation R20 rechargeable sacral neuromodulation system for bladder and bowel dysfunction.

Food insecurity among women was associated with a higher likelihood of fecal incontinence, even when accounting for diet, according to data published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Shineco Inc. announced it has been granted a United States Patent and Trademark Office patent and FDA marketing approval for its in-situ fecal specimen sampling device intended for stool test sample collection..

Among women with a previous cesarean section, those who underwent vaginal delivery instead of another cesarean delivery were more likely to need pelvic floor surgery, according to data published in PLOS Medicine.

Women experienced different pelvic floor symptoms depending on their mode of delivery, but those differences were already recognizable even during pregnancy, according to data in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

The ACG published clinical practice guidelines on the preferred approach and management strategy for defecation disorders, proctalgia syndromes, hemorrhoids, anal fissures and fecal incontinence.

Women with fecal incontinence experience negligible differences in improvement between primary interventions including anorectal manometry-assisted biofeedback, loperamide, education, and oral placebo, according to the results of a randomized factorial trial.