The Assessment of Fecal Incontinence in Women

aDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL USA FACS, FRCS, FRCS(ED) *Correspondence address: Dr S Wexner, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, 2950 Cleveland Clinic Boulevard, Weston, FL 33331 Received June 15, 2000; Accepted June 27, 2001. Cleveland Clinic Florida receives research and education financial support from the following companies who make products and/or diagnostic modalities used in the evaluation and/or treatment of women with fecal incontinence: American Medical Systems, Inc, Minnetonka, MN; AnaTech, Houston, TX; Carbon Medical Technologies, St Paul, MN; Curon Medical, Sunnyvale, CA; and Medtronics, Inc, Minneapolis, MN. Presented at the American College of Surgeons 86th Annual Clinical Congress, Chicago, IL, October 2000. Presentation sponsored by the Advisory Council for Gynecology and Obstetrics and the Advisory Council for Colon and Rectal Surgery. No competing interests declared.