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John Damianos, M.D.

Mar 20 • 11 tweets • 5 min read

@my_ueg

🆕European guidelines on fecal incontinence, which affects about 8️⃣% of people. 💩

#MedTwitter #medicine #GITwitter #GI #Surgery #SurgeryTwitter

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Evaluation of symptoms, diagnosis and classification

First line treatment

Diagnostic tests prior to second line treatment

Second line: non-surgical interventions

Second line: surgical interventions

Special situations

Developing and other treatments

Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

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