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Jeganathan AN, Cannon JW, Bleier JIS. Anal and Perineal Injuries. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2017;31(1):24-29doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1602176.
Jeganathan, A. N., Cannon, J. W., & Bleier, J. I. S. (2018). Anal and Perineal Injuries. Clinics in colon and rectal surgery, 31(1), 24-29. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1602176
Jeganathan, Arjun N, et al. "Anal and Perineal Injuries." Clinics in colon and rectal surgery vol. 31,1 (2018): 24-29. doi: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1602176
Jeganathan AN, Cannon JW, Bleier JIS. Anal and Perineal Injuries. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2018 Jan;31(1):24-29. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1602176. Epub 2017 Dec 19. PMID: 29379404; PMCID: PMC5787399.
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Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2018 Jan;31(1):24-29. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1602176. Epub 2017 Dec 19.

Anal and Perineal Injuries.

Clinics in colon and rectal surgery

Arjun N Jeganathan, Jeremy W Cannon, Joshua I S Bleier

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  2. Division of Traumatology, Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  3. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 29379404 PMCID: PMC5787399 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1602176

Abstract

With increased use of explosive devices in warfare, anal trauma is often seen coupled with more complex pelviperineal injury. While the associated mortality is high, casualties that survive are often left with disabling fecal incontinence from damage to the anosphincteric complex. After resolution of the acute insult, the initial evaluation mandates a thorough physical exam, including endoscopic evaluation with rigid proctoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, as well as adjunctive testing, specifically anal manometry and endoanal ultrasound. First-line therapy favors bulking agents and antidiarrheals, in conjunction with biofeedback, due to a minimal risk profile. Surgical options range from direct sphincter repairs to complex anosphincteric reconstruction with widely variable results. Most recently, burgeoning therapies in the treatment of fecal incontinence, including sacral nerve stimulation and magnetic anal sphincters, offer excellent alternatives with promising long-term outcomes. In summation, the goal of all interventions is the re-establishment of bowel continence, but, in its absence, permanent fecal diversion for devastating fecal incontinence is a reasonable option with excellent patient satisfaction scores.

Keywords: anal and perineal trauma; anosphincteric complex; fecal incontinence

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