Initial experience with SphinKeeper™ intersphincteric implants for faecal incontinence in the UK: a two-centre retrospective clinical audit.

Cosimo Alex LeoM LeeuwenburghA OrlandoA CorrS M ScottJ MurphyC H KnowlesC J VaizeyP Giordano

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2020)

SphinKeeper appears to be a safe procedure for faecal incontinence. Overall, about 50% patients achieved a meaningful improvement in symptoms. However, clinical benefit was unrelated to the rate of misplaced/migrated implants. This has implications for confidence in proof of mechanism and also the need for technical refinement.

Keyphrases

ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
cross sectional
rectal cancer
urinary incontinence
patient reported outcomes