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Fecal incontinence is a socially devastating condition, affecting between 1.4 and 18% of the population and up to 50% of all nursing home residents.1,2 It has been defined as “recurrent uncontrolled passage of fecal material for at least 1 month,”3 while partial incontinence is typically described as inability to control the passage of flatus and fecal soiling.

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Sands, D.R., Madsen, M.A. (2011). Fecal Incontinence. In: Beck, D.E., Roberts, P.L., Saclarides, T.J., Senagore, A.J., Stamos, M.J., Wexner, S.D. (eds) The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1584-9_18

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