Optimizing the Utility of Anorectal Manometry for Diagnosis and Therapy: A Roundtable Review and Recommendations. [PDF]
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, 2023 BACKGROUND & AIMS: Anorectal manometry (ARM) is a comprehensive diagnostic tool for evaluating patients with constipation, fecal incontinence, or anorectal pain; however, it is not widely utilized for reasons that remain unclear.
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Post-Operative Anorectal Manometry in Children following Anorectal Malformation Repair: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
J Clin Med, 2023 Despite surgical correction, children with anorectal malformations may experience long-term bowel dysfunction, including fecal incontinence and/or disorders of evacuation. Anorectal manometry is the most widely used test of anorectal function.
Evans-Barns HME +6 more
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Diagnosing Mild Forms of Anorectal Malformation With Anorectal Manometry: A Prospective Study. [PDF]
Am J Gastroenterol, 2023 INTRODUCTION: Rectoperineal congenital anorectal malformations (CARMs) are diagnosed by examining the perineum, combined with electric stimulation (ES) of the anal sphincter performed under anesthesia.
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Normal Values of High-resolution Anorectal Manometry of Healthy Indians. [PDF]
J Neurogastroenterol Motil, 2022 Background/Aims High-resolution anorectal manometry (HRAM) measures anal sphincter function and anorectal co-ordination. This study aims to provide normal data for HRAM and evaluate the effect of gender, age, and body mass index (BMI) on anorectal ...
Deshmukh R +11 more
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Comparison of Anorectal Manometry, Rectal Balloon Expulsion Test, and Defecography for Diagnosing Defecatory Disorders. [PDF]
Gastroenterology, 2022 BACKGROUND AND AIMS The utility of high-resolution anorectal manometry (HR-ARM) for diagnosing defecatory disorders (DDs) is unclear because healthy people may have features of dyssynergia. We aimed to identify objective diagnostic criteria for DD and to
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Review of the indications, methods, and clinical utility of anorectal manometry and the rectal balloon expulsion test. [PDF]
Neurogastroenterol Motil, 2022 Anorectal manometry (ARM) comprehensively assesses anorectal sensorimotor functions.
Bharucha AE +6 more
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Alterations in the Rectal Sensitivity of Children With Chronic Constipation Evaluated by High-Resolution Anorectal Manometry. [PDF]
Cureus, 2022 Introduction Constipation is one of the most frequent chronic disorders in children and is almost always of functional etiology. Manometric alterations in anorectal sensitivity in children with chronic constipation are described in the literature ...
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PLoS ONE, 2020 There is a need for a lower cost manometry system for assessing anorectal function in primary and secondary care settings. We developed an index finger-based system (termed “digital manometry”) and tested it in healthy volunteers, patients with chronic ...
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An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for the conservative and nonpharmacological management of female pelvic floor dysfunction [PDF]
, 2016 There has been an increasing need for the terminology on the conservative management of female pelvic floor dysfunction to be collated in a clinically based consensus report.This Report combines the input of members and elected nominees of the ...
Abramov, Yoram +14 more
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Assessment of defecation disorders using high-resolution MRI-defecography
Biomedical Papers, 2023 Aims. The aim of this retrospective study was to try to find correlations between different diagnoses established by clinical examination, anorectal manometry and MRI-defecography and, the association with psychiatric disorders. Methods.
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