title: [Value of electrotherapy within the scope of conservative treatment of anorectal incontinence].
abstract: The following study reports on transanal electric stimulation as a conservative method of treatment in anal incontinence. In the centre of interest are clinical examinations on 45 patients that underwent a combined treatment with the IT-system 100 from Reha-Medi and pelvic floor training. A collective of 29 patients only treated with pelvic floor training was used as a control group. The results were based on a thorough medical history ascertainment and the corresponding clinical examinations at the beginning and end of the treatment. Our findings were classified according to the modified score of incontinence of Holschneider [16]. After therapy 42.2% of patients with electric stimulation therapy and 27.6% of the control group showed continence. 40 respectively 62.1% were non responder without relevant benefit. In the electric stimulation group the median score before and after therapy amounted to 6.57 versus 9.24 points. The control group achieved 6.72 respectively 8.58 points. The differences are statistically significant (p < 0.05, Student t-test). Concerning the results in relation to the cause of the incontinence, no significant differences between idiopathic and traumatic origin of the insufficiency of the sphincter mechanism are found in both groups. Therefore all variations of anorectal incontinence are seen as indication for treatment. The international literature as well as our own results confirm that electric stimulation is effective and may be in special cases a major factor in the conservative treatment of anorectal incontinence.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemeine Chirurgie, Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sprakel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maurer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Diller
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Spiegel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Winde
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000293:injuries / Q000503:physiopathology; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017773:Pelvic Floor / Q000503:physiopathology; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Stellenwert der Schwellstromtherapie im Rahmen der konservativen Behandlung der anorektalen Inkontinenz.