**Meet the editor**

Professor Catto-Smith is Director of the Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition at The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. He qualified in medicine from St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, trained in pediatrics in the UK and Australia, then in pediatric gastroenterology at the University of Calgary in Canada. After returning to Melbourne in 1990, he pioneered the

introduction of clinical techniques for the measurement of gastrointestinal motility at RCH. He has continued a strong clinical interest in disorders of colorectal function and published extensively in this area. Current research focuses on novel treatment approaches to constipation and fecal incontinence. Other clinical and research interests include the pathogenesis and treatment of Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis. He is the author of over 140 journal articles.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Pathophysiology 1**

**Treatment 3**

Chapter 2 **Fecal Incontinence 15** Arzu Ilce

C. Coffey and A.G. Catto-Smith

**Anorectal Surgery 31**

**Reconstructive Surgery 47**

Chapter 5 **Practical Imaging of Faecal Incontinence: The Eyes**

Chapter 6 **The Evaluation of Anorectal Dysfunction in Paediatric Faecal**

Anthony G Catto-Smith and Caroline M Coffey

Piloni Vittorio and Ghiselli Roberto

and Ahmad G. Serour

**of Science 71**

**Incontinence 91**

**Section 2 Evaluation 69**

Chapter 1 **Childhood Encopresis — Pathophysiology, Evaluation and**

Chapter 3 **Anal Incontinence as a Complication of Vaginal Delivery and**

Małgorzata Kołodziejczak and Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska

Abdel Karim M. El Hemaly, Laila A.E.S. Mousa, Ibrahim M. Kandil, Magdy S. Al Sayed, Mohammad Abdel Zaher, Magdi S.A. Soliman

Chapter 4 **A Novel Concept on the Patho-Physiology of Defecation and Fecal Incontinence (FI) in Women – Moreover, Its**
