Is magnetic anal sphincter augmentation still an option in fecal incontinence treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Stavros Chrysovalantis Liapis Konstantinos Perivoliotis Amalia Ioanna Moula Prokopis Christodoulou Kyriakos Psarianos Alexios Stavrou Ioannis Baloyiannis Dimitrios Lytras

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2024)

The application of MAS in patients with fecal incontinence results in the improvement of some clinical parameters with a notable morbidity rate. Due to several study limitations, further, high-quality RCTs are required to delineate the efficacy and safety of MAS.

Keyphrases

urinary incontinence
mass spectrometry
soft tissue
combination therapy
liquid chromatography
solid state