Evacuation proctography in obstructed defaecation and rectal intussusception
Autor: | A. M. Roe, D. C. C. Bartolo, J. Virjee, N. J. Mc. C. Mortensen |
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Rok vydání: | 1985 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Constipation Manometry Intussusception (medical disorder) medicine Humans Defecography Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Rectum Middle Aged Anal canal medicine.disease Perineum Surgery Electrophysiology Radiography Rectal prolapse Rectal Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Sphincter Defecation Female medicine.symptom business Intussusception |
Zdroj: | British Journal of Surgery. 72:s111-s116 |
ISSN: | 1365-2168 0007-1323 |
Popis: | The symptoms of obstructed defaecation may present as a number of different syndromes including descending perineum, solitary rectal ulcer, irritable bowel and mucosal or complete rectal prolapse. In order to clarify the pathophysiology of obstructed defaecation we carried out dynamic and static radiological investigations together with manometric and electrophysiological measurements in ten patients with severe, intractable obstructed defaecation. Results were compared with a total of 35 control subjects. There were no significant differences in sphincter pressures or the recto-anal inhibitory reflex between patients and controls. Mean motor unit potential duration was prolonged in patients compared with controls (P |
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