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Article Dans Une Revue Surgery Open Digestive Advance Année : 2023

Fecobionics in Proctology Review and Perspectives

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Fecobionics is a novel integrated technology for assessment of anorectal function. It is a defecatory test with simultaneous measurements of pressures, orientation, and device angle (a proxy of the anorectal angle). Furthermore, the latest Fecobionics prototypes measure diameters (shape) using impedance planimetry during evacuation of the device. The simultaneous measurement of multiple variables in the integrated test allows new metrics to be developed including more advanced novel defecation indices, enabling mechanistic insight in the defecation process at an unprecedented level in patients with anorectal disorders including patients suffering from obstructed defecation, fecal incontinence, and low anterior resection syndrome. The device has the consistency and shape of a normal stool (type 3-4 on the Bristol Stool Form Scale). Fecobionics has been validated on the bench and in animal studies and used in clinical trials to study defecation phenotypes in normal human subjects and patients with obstructed defecation, fecal incontinence, and low anterior resection syndrome after rectal cancer surgery. Subtypes have been defined, especially of patients with obstructed defecation. Furthermore, Fecobionics has been used to monitor biofeedback therapy in patients with fecal incontinence to predict the outcome of the therapy (responder versus non-responder). Most Fecobionics studies showed a closer correlation to symptoms as compared to current technologies for anorectal assessment. The present article outlines previous and ongoing work, and perspectives for future studies in proctology, including in physiological assessment of function, diagnostics, monitoring of therapy, and as a tool for biofeedback therapy.
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hal-04188997 , version 1 (27-08-2023)

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Hans Gregersen, Daming Sun, Fred Field, William Combs, Peter Christensen, et al.. Fecobionics in Proctology Review and Perspectives. Surgery Open Digestive Advance, In press. ⟨hal-04188997⟩
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