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 Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS): Clinical practice guidelines for the management of fecal incontinence (2023)

●American College of Gastroenterology (ACG): Clinical guidelines for the management of benign anorectal disorders (2021)

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

●American Gastroenterological Association (AGA): Clinical practice update for the surgical interventions and the use of device-aided therapy for the treatment of fecal incontinence and defecatory disorders (2017)

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

Europe

●United European Gastroenterology (UEG), European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP), European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (ESNM) and the European Society for Primary Care Gastroenterology (ESPCG): Guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of faecal incontinence (2022)

●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 for self-expanding implant insertion into the intersphincteric space for faecal incontinence (2021)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance for insertion of a magnetic bead band for faecal incontinence (2014)

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

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

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

Japan

●[In English] Japan Society of Coloproctology (JSCP): Japanese practice guidelines for fecal incontinence part 1 – Definition, epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology and causes, risk factors, clinical evaluations, and symptomatic scores and QoL questionnaire for clinical evaluations (2021)

●[In English] JSCP: Japanese practice guidelines for fecal incontinence part 2 – Examination and conservative treatment for fecal incontinence (2021)

●[In English] JSCP: Japanese practice guidelines for fecal incontinence part 3 – Surgical treatment for fecal incontinence, fecal incontinence in a special conditions (2021)

●[In Japanese] JSCP: Fecal incontinence clinical practice guidelines (2017)