Nine months after a third-degree tear, a woman has urgency and intermittent faecal leakage despite pelvic-floor exercises. What is the most

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Nine months after a third-degree tear, a woman has urgency and intermittent faecal leakage despite pelvic-floor exercises. What is the most appropriate referral?

Accepted Answer

Refer to a perineal or colorectal service

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Advise another vaginal birth without counselling

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Prescribe loperamide without examination or referral

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Reassure that leakage is expected after birth

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Refer to routine dermatology clinic

Anal incontinence after OASI — DRCOG MCQ

Nine months after a third-degree tear, a woman has urgency and intermittent faecal leakage despite pelvic-floor exercises. What is the most appropriate referral?