The study was performed on an animal model of fecal incontinence with three study arms — an experimental model of fecal incontinence with damage to the sphincter muscle, which remained untreated; a group with sphincter damage, treated with non-ablative radiofrequency; and a control group without a damaged sphincter and without treatment.
The study found that non-ablative radiofrequency improved the smooth-muscle sphincters of the GI tract as well as the skeletal muscle of the external anal sphincter.
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