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Assessment of a novel implantable artificial anal sphincter

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to test a new implantable artificial anal sphincter in the porcine model. METHOD: The artificial sphincter, which includes an inflatable expander that compresses and flattens the bowel against a pillow, was implanted in 16 animals and studied for periods of up to 20 weeks. The anal sphincters were destroyed, and the efficacy of the device in rendering the animals continent was studied. RESULTS: Of the 11 animals in which the artificial sphincter was regularly closed, 8 completed the study and were continent during 85 percent of activation times. There was no evidence of ischemic injury. Major complications were related only to failure of the control pumps of the device. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that this neosphincter produces fecal continence without intestinal ischemia. At present reliability is limited only by the performance of the pump.

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  1. Department of Coloproctology, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    Constantinos A. Hajivassiliou F.R.C.S. & Iain G. Finlay F.R.C.S.

  2. Department of Medical Physics, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    Ken B. Carter B.Sc.

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Supported by Grant K/MRS/50/C1841 from the Scottish Office Home and Health Department, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Read at the meeting of The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, May 8 to 13, 1994, and the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, London, United Kingdom, May 31 to June 2, 1995.

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Hajivassiliou, C.A., Carter, K.B. & Finlay, I.G. Assessment of a novel implantable artificial anal sphincter. Dis Colon Rectum 40, 711–717 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02140902

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