The physicians believe the number of Americans with fecal incontinence is much higher than the 18 million estimated by the National Institutes of Health.
“Fecal incontinence isn’t something that people talk about, yet we know from our practice that it is extremely common,” said Dana Hayden, MD, colorectal surgeon at LUHS and an assistant professor in the division of colorectal surgery at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. “The good news is there are options to manage this condition.”
To help care for patients with fecal incontinence, Loyola physicians now offers sacral nerve stimulation, a procedure used for years at Loyola in patients with urinary urge incontinence.
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