Society guideline links: Fecal incontinence

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Constipation".)

International

●Fourth International Consultation on Incontinence: Recommendations of the International Scientific Committee – Evaluation and treatment of urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and fecal incontinence (2010)

United States

●American College of Gastroenterology (ACG): Clinical guidelines – Management of benign anorectal disorders (2021)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Practice bulletin on fecal incontinence (2019)

●American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS): Clinical practice guideline for the treatment of fecal incontinence (2015)

●American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE): The role of endoscopy in patients with anorectal disorders (2010)

Europe

●Sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence and constipation – A European consensus statement (2015)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on insertion of a magnetic bead band for faecal incontinence (2014)

●NICE: Quality standard on faecal incontinence in adults (2014)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on endoscopic radiofrequency therapy of the anal sphincter for faecal incontinence (2011)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence (2011)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on transabdominal artificial bowel sphincter implantation for faecal incontinence (2008)

●NICE: Clinical guideline on faecal incontinence in adults – Management (2007)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on injectable bulking agents for faecal incontinence (2007)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on stimulated graciloplasty for faecal incontinence (2006)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence (2004)