Table 1.
Baseline patients’ characteristics
| Patients’ characteristics | Data |
|---|---|
| No. of patients | 10 |
| No. of females (%) | 5 (50) |
| Median age (years; range) | 70 (20–75) |
| Median age of FI onset (years; range) | 53 (1–70) |
| Median duration of FI (years; range) | 9 (3–21) |
| Soilinga | 7 (2–49) |
| Gasa | 14 (0–35) |
| Liquid stoola | 3 (0–21) |
| Solid stoola | 0 (0–7) |
| CCFI score | 10 (5–17) |
| Vaizey score | 13 (7–16) |
| AMS score | 80 (26–114) |
| No. of patients with urinary incontinence | 4 |
| No. of patients with previous pelvic trauma | 0 |
| No. of patients with previous radiotherapy | 1 |
| No. of patients with diabetes | 0 |
| No. of patients with endocrine disease | 0 |
| No. of patients with neurological disease | 0 |
| No. of patients with gynecological disease | 1 |
| No. of patients with congenital anorectal malformation | 1 |
| No. of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (in long term remission phase) | 1 |
| History (no. of patients) | |
| Anal surgery | 4 |
| Fistulotomy/fistulectomy | 2 |
| Perineal rectopexy | 1 |
| Correction of anorectal congenital malformation | 1 |
| Abdominal surgery | 2 |
| Anal trauma | 0 |
| FI surgery | 3 |
| Sphincteroplasty | 1 |
| SNS | 1 |
| Gatekeeper implant | 1 |
| Quality of life [median value (range)] | |
| SF-36® | |
| Physical function | 55 (45–90) |
| Role physical | 25 (0–100) |
| Bodily pain | 74 (12–90) |
| General health | 67 (40–77) |
| Vitality | 60 (35–75) |
| Social function | 75 (37.5–87.5) |
| Role emotional | 33.3 (0–100) |
| Mental health | 68 (40–92) |
| FIQL score | |
| Lifestyle | 3.2 (2.1–3.8) |
| Coping and behavior | 2.0 (1.2–2.9) |
| Depression and self-perception | 3.6 (2.1–3.9) |
| Embarrassment | 2.3 (2.0–4.0) |
CCFI score Cleveland Clinic Fecal Incontinence Score, AMS score American Medical System Score, FI Fecal Incontinence, SNS Sacral Nerve Stimulation
aMedian number of episodes per week (range)