Clinical Study Diseases of the colon and rectum 2003

Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of fecal incontinence secondary to pudendal neuropathy.

Cundall JD, Gardiner A, Chin K, Laden G, Grout P, Duthie GS — Diseases of the colon and rectum, 2003

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers investigated the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on 13 patients with chronic fecal incontinence secondary to pudendal neuropathy over a 6-week period.

What They Found

Pudendal latencies significantly improved, with the left side reducing from 2.36 msec to 2.08 msec and the right side from 2.23 msec to 2.07 msec at 6-month follow-up. Fecal incontinence scores also improved, decreasing from an initial 12.08 to 10.45 at 6-month follow-up.

Canadian Relevance

This study was not conducted in Canada and does not have a direct Canadian connection.

Study Limitations

A significant limitation of this study is its very small sample size of only 13 patients.

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Study Details

Study Type	Clinical Study
Category	Neurological
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	14605578
Year Published	2003
Journal	Diseases of the colon and rectum
MeSH Terms	Adult; Aged; Electromyography; Fecal Incontinence; Female; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Lumbosacral Plexus; Male; Manometry; Middle Aged; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases; Pilot Projects; Prospective Studies; Rectum

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