OBJECTIVES: @entity1241 is a common, incapacitating and largely unrecognized medical problem and can be caused by various factors. @entity130 is the most common cause of @entity1241 secondary to @entity130 . We aimed to analyze the role of endoanal ultrasound in assessment of this type of @entity1241 , and report the functional results of surgical treatment. METHODS: We reviewed the records of all 22 @entity1 with @entity1241 secondary to @entity130 who were evaluated by endoanal ultrasound and underwent surgical management in our department from April to 1997 to April 2002. Pre- and postoperative evaluation of the degree of @entity322 was done using the @entity322 score of Jorge and Wexner. RESULTS: The @entity1 had a median age of 43 (range, 29-68) years. All had vaginal deliveries, five of which (22.7%) were instrumental. Most of the @entity1 had total @entity1241 (solids) with preoperative @entity322 score values of 15-20 (median, 18). Endoanal ultrasound confirmed structural defects in the anterior external anal sphincter alone in 16 (72.7%) @entity1 , and both anterior external and internal @entity1690 in six (27.3%) @entity1 . A thinned perineal body was present in all @entity1 . All @entity1 received surgical treatment with overlapping sphincteroplasty and there was improvement of continence in 19 (86.4%) @entity1 with postoperative @entity322 score values between 4 and 0 (median, 2). CONCLUSIONS: Endoanal sonography is an accurate method for assessing sphincter anatomy, delineating both internal and external anal sphincters. Surgical treatment of @entity1690 is associated with good outcome.

Endoanal sonography in assessment of @entity1241 following XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1690 :: ('MESH:D046628', 'Disease') :: ['sphincter defects'] @entity322 :: ('MESH:D014549', 'Disease') :: ['incontinence'] @entity1241 :: ('MESH:D005242', 'Disease') :: ['Fecal incontinence', 'fecal incontinence'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['Obstetric trauma', 'obstetric trauma', 'trauma']
@entity130 :: (MESH:D014947,Disease) :: ['obstetric trauma']
