Abstract
As has been stressed before, many patients with incontinence have general problems of old age and ill-health that make them unsuitable for major operative procedures. Some of them have specific health problems (e.g. cardio-respiratory, endocrine or metabolic) that rule out procedures that are better in design but more hazardous in execution. In some countries conditions of life prohibit the luxury of expensive materials or prolonged hospital-related care. Facilities for general anaesthetics may not be available.
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Mann, C.V., Glass, R.E. (1997). Circum-anal Techniques. In: Surgical Treatment of Anal Incontinence. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0935-8_6
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