ENDOANAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND FECAL INCONT INENCE

Endoanal ultrasonography and faecal incontinence. - Endoanal ultrasono graphy is a new technique which is now irreplaceable in the assessment of any faecal incontinence. it is easy to perform, unexpensive and we ll tolerated. It permits detection of anal sphincter ruptures and has replaced electromyography in most cases. Nevertheless, it only supplem ents manometry and measurements of distal motor latences of the pudend al nerves. This is now the basic examination used to select patients f or surgical repair of the external sphincter.