Complications of surgery for male urinary and fecal incontinence

Urinary and fecal incontinence in the male still represent two pathological conditions that are not fully known in their entirety from the pathophysiological and from the therapeutic point of view. In this context, the evaluation of the complications of this type of surgery is even more problematic, especially in consideration of the fact that frequently they have been evaluated separately for what concerns the anterior or posterior compartment of the pelvic floor. In this text, therefore, we deliberately dealt with each aspect in a transversal way with an integrated urological and proctological approach that allowed the creation of an interdisciplinary point of view for each problem. In my opinion, this represents the winning aspect for the solution of perineal dysfunctions and even more for the deepening of the complications that derive from functional surgery for these patients. In the future, this type of interdisciplinary approach should represent the standard but it is also true that in order to achieve this objective, the help of all the specialists involved in this area is needed in order to obtain the institutionalization of the professional figure of the perineologist.