ABSTRACT
It is estimated that a quarter of a billion people worldwide suffer from urinary incontinence (UI) of varying degrees with the burden of this condition greater in developing countries (Asia, South America, Africa), making it a global health problem. The prevalence of fecal incontinence (FI) is near 10% in the general population [1]. Brown and colleagues [2] reported that one-fifth of mature U.S. women suffer from bothersome leakage of stool in the absence of acute diarrhea illness at least once a year.
