Skeletal muscle-derived cell implantation for the treatment of sphincter-related faecal incontinence

Skeletal muscle-derived cell implantation for the treatment of sphincter-related faecal incontinence

Abstract Background In an earlier pilot study with 10 women, we investigated a new approach for therapy of faecal incontinence (FI) due to obstetric trauma, involving ultrasound-guided injection of autologous skeletal muscle-derived cells (SMDC) into the external anal sphincter (EAS), and observed s...

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Main Authors: Andrea Frudinger, Rainer Marksteiner, Johann Pfeifer, Eva Margreiter, Johannes Paede, Marco Thurner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Stem Cell Research & Therapy
Subjects:
Faecal incontinence
Anal sphincter
Cell therapy
Autologous skeletal muscle derived cells
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13287-018-0978-y

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