Surgery is often required to prevent further damage to the anal sphincters.

Another approach is to eat foods low in fiber to decrease the work of the anal sphincters.

The appearance is of a reddened, proboscis-like object through the anal sphincters.

The anal sphincters are saved, and this allows you to have bowel movements without an ostomy.

Engineered anal sphincters grown from stem cells have been successfully implanted in mice.

If the prolapse becomes trapped externally outside the anal sphincters, it may become strangulated and there is a risk of perforation.

Evaluation of the integrity of the anal sphincters may also be done during lower EUS procedures.

Obstetric injury may tear the anal sphincters, and some of these injuries may be occult (undetected).

These tears usually develop when anal tissue is damaged during a hard bowel movement or when higher-than-normal tension develops in the anal sphincters.

The patients who may benefit from SNS include those with intact anal sphincters and those with a history of unsuccessful anal repair.

Anal fistulae originate from the anal glands, which are located between the two layers of the anal sphincters and which drain into the anal canal.

The most common factors in the development are thought to be obstetric injury and after effects of anorectal surgery, especially those involving the anal sphincters and hemorrhoidal vascular cushions.

The anal sphincters are not technically part of the pelvic floor muscle group, but the EAS is a voluntary, striated muscle which therefore can be strengthened in a similar manner.

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) - The first working, replacement anal sphincters have been built in a laboratory and tested on mice.

Electrical stimulation can also be applied to the anal sphincters and pelvic floor muscles, inducing muscle contraction without traditional exercises (similar to transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, TENS).

Outlet obstruction is a sub-type of large bowel obstruction and refers to conditions affecting the anorectal region that obstruct defecation, specifically conditions of the pelvic floor and anal sphincters.

It is important in providing support for pelvic viscera (organs), e.g. the bladder, intestines, the uterus (in females), and in maintenance of continence as part of the urinary and anal sphincters.

Catulus and Hortensius had come in a state of terror so great that both sat with anal sphincters clenched upon bowel contents turned liquid, and hid their hands so that others would not see how they shook.