title: [A transposition of iliopsoas in replacement of pelvic floor for incontinence of urination and/or defecation in children].
abstract: Fourteen patients, the age ranged from 2 to 12 years, with fecal and/or urinary incontinence were treated between 1991 and 1993 using a transposition of iliopsoas in replacement or strengthening of pelvic floor. The results were encouraging. The evaluation of the function of pelvic floor was described. Levator plays an important role in normal mechanism of defecation as well as urination. Several types of incontinence develop while the disfunction of pelvic floor occur and some function of continence could be restored by an operation of transposition of iliopsoas.
authors.affiliation: Affiliated Hospital, Shandong Medical University, Jinan.
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: X H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017773:Pelvic Floor / Q000601:surgery*; D016658:Psoas Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000601:surgery*