• DOI:10.1007/BF02048034
Corpus ID: 38351811

Fecal seepage and soiling: A problem of rectal sensation

@article{Hoffmann1995FecalSA,
  title={Fecal seepage and soiling: A problem of rectal sensation},
  author={B. Hoffmann and A. Timmcke and J. B. Gathright and T. Hicks and F. Opelka and D. Beck},
  journal={Diseases of the Colon & Rectum},
  year={1995},
  volume={38},
  pages={746-748}
}

B. Hoffmann, A. Timmcke, +3 authors D. Beck

Published 1995

Medicine

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

PURPOSE: To determine the physiologic alteration resulting in fecal seepage and soiling, results of anorectal manometric testing were evaluated in patients with varying degrees of fecal incontinence. METHODS: Anal manometric studies performed on 170 patients with fecal incontinence were reviewed. Results of their studies, including mean resting pressure, maximum resting pressure, maximum squeezing pressure, minimum rectal sensory volume, and minimum volume at which reflex relaxation first… CONTINUE READING

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