Fecal incontinence. Diagnosis and treatment.

This is a survey of fecal incontinence. The etiology is multifactorial. It may develop after traumatic lesion of the anal sphincters, neurological disorders, rectal prolapse or idiopathic. The treatment may be conservative including diet, drugs and sphincter exercise or consisting of suture of the sphincter, post anal repair, free autogenous muscle transplantation. In some cases colostomy is the only way of choice.