Buttock muscle surgery for bowel control
Part of Digestive system clinical trials.
This trial tests a surgery that uses a muscle from your buttock to help control bowel leakage. It is for people with severe bowel incontinence that has not improved with other treatments.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have severe bowel leakage that hasn’t gotten better with medicine or other non-surgical treatments.
- You have lost the natural muscle that controls your anus, as shown by an MRI scan.
- Your doctor has said you are a good candidate for this type of surgery using your buttock muscle.
- You do not have ALS (a nerve disease that weakens muscles).
- You do not have severe scarring in both buttock muscles.
- You have not had a pelvic fracture that damaged certain blood vessels inside your pelvis.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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