Defecation disorders
National Institutes of Health
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Defecation disorders denote a state of altered defecation dynamics leading to an array of clinical presentations. With the…
The permanent disappearance of glottic closure eventually causes inadequate defecatory propulsion resulting in functional…
BACKGROUND/AIMS
There are few reports on defecography in male patients with defecation disorders (DD) such as morphological and…
A large number of patients present with fecal incontinence due to idiopathic pelvic neuropathy or lesions of pelvic nerves…
Opinion statementFunctional disorders of defecation are common and often overlap with slow-transit constipation. They are…
Most children with chronic constipation (1) do not have an underlying organic disorder (2). The organic causes of constipation…
PURPOSE: The rectum possesses electric activity in the form of pacesetter and action potentials. In a recent study we suggested…
During our study of the defecation mechanism, we found that the external anal sphincter contracted not only upon rectal inflation…
Preview They are problems no one wants to talk about. But like most disorders, constipation and fecal incontinence probably won't…