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SECCA procedure for anal incontinence and antibiotic treatment: a case report of anal abscess
- Source :
- BMC Surgery, BMC Surgery, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2018.
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Abstract
- Background Fecal Incontinence (FI) can seriously affect quality of life. The treatment of fecal incontinence starts conservatively but in case of failure, different surgical approaches may be proposed to the patient. Recently several not invasive approaches have been developed. One of these is the radiofrequency (RF) energy application to the internal anal sphincter. Case presentation We report a rare case of an anal abscess related to a SECCA procedure in a 66-year-old woman affected by gas and FI for twenty years. Conclusions The complications post-SECCA procedure reported in literature are generally not serious and often self-limited, such as bleeding or anal pain. This is a case of an anal abscess. We suggest that this finding could consolidate the importance of administering antibiotic therapy to patients and to run a full course of at least 6 days rather than a short-term (24 h) therapy, with the aim to minimize the incidence of this complication.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.drug_class
SECCA procedure
Antibiotics
lcsh:Surgery
Anal Canal
Case Report
Internal anal sphincter
Anal abscess
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life
Fecal incontinence
medicine
Humans
Abscess
Aged
Anus Diseases
Surgical approach
SECCA procedure, Fecal incontinence, Anal abscess, Antibiotic treatment, Radiofrequency complication
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Radiofrequency complication
General Medicine
lcsh:RD1-811
medicine.disease
Antibiotic treatment
Surgery
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Treatment Outcome
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Quality of Life
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Complication
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712482
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4697dace465c149faacf479dcfab0723