Current management of fecal incontinence: Choosing amongst treatment options to optimize outcomes

Table 2 Success of overlapping sphincteroplasty

Ref.	Year	No. of patients with follow-up	Mean follow-up (mo)	Success1 (percentage of patients)
Karoui et al[52]	2000	74	40	28%
Halverson et al[40]	2002	49	69	46%
Bravo Gutierrez et al[39]	2004	130	120	41%
Barisic et al[49]	2006	65	80	48%
Maslekar et al[55]	2007	64	84	80%
Oom et al[50]	2009	120	111	60%
Mevik et al[51]	2009	25	84	53%
Zutshi et al[53]	2009	31	129	0%

¹Success variably defined in studies. Good, excellent or complete continence included as success.