An implanted neuromuscular stimulator for fecal continence following previously implanted gracilis muscle
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 31 (2), 134-137
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02562646
Abstract
A young woman had been treated previously with a gracilis muscle transposition because of anal atresia thus enabling her to maintain continence by active muscle contraction, which, however, she could sustain for only a few minutes. Implantation of a neuromuscular stimulator resulted in perfectly controllable sphincter function.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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