The relationship of pudendal nerve terminal motor latency to squeeze pressure in patients with idiopathic fecal incontinence.

Purpose: With the advent of transanal ultrasonography it has been possible to identify those incontinent patients without sphincter defects. The majority of these patients are now thought to have neurogenic fecal incontinence secondary to pudendal neuropathy. They have been found to have reduced anal sphincter pressures and increased pudendal nerve terminal motor latencies.

Identification of patients likely to benefit from biofeedback for outlet obstruction constipation.

Background: Biofeedback for outlet obstruction constipation has a varying success rate. The aim of this study was to identify which patients are likely to respond to biofeedback.

Methods: Thirty patients with severe outlet obstruction constipation were treated by a specialist nurse using three or four sessions of visual and auditory feedback of anal sphincter pressures.

Role of the oncology nurse in home care: family-centered practice.

Objectives: To provide an overview of the role of the oncology nurse in home care with emphasis on family-centered practice.

Data Sources: Review articles, book chapters, and case records.

Conclusions: The expansion of care from the hospital to the home has resulted in increasing complexity of cancer care at home.