Help for bowel woes

Mederi Therapeutics in Greenwich has developed and released its new therapy procedure Secca, which promises help to those with bowel incontinence.

According to Mederi CEO, Will Rutan, the Secca system treats the malady, a debilitating and embarrassing condition that affects tens of millions of Americans, both young and old.

“This innovative treatment bridges the gap between often unsuccessful conservative measures, such as diet modification and biofeedback, and expensive and disfiguring surgical treatment,” said Rutan. “The effect of bowel incontinence on quality of life is devastating, so the overwhelmingly positive response to the release of the Secca system is not surprising.”

Secca therapy delivers radiofrequency energy to the muscles of the anal canal, tightening the muscles, producing better bowel control and reducing the symptoms of incontinence.

The dominant cause of bowel incontinence is damage to the pelvic floor during normal childbirth, thus, a significant majority of sufferers are women, seventy percent of whom are under the age of 65.

Rutan said Secca therapy is an outpatient procedure that takes approximately 45 minutes and is performed in an endoscopy suite or ambulatory surgery unit, with the patient under general anesthesia or conscious sedation.