The test also evaluates the neural connections and reflexes that are required for the bowels to function properly. Anorectal manometry involves the use of a flexible, pressure-sensitive tube, about ...

Over the past 20 years, the use of opiates and opioids for the management of chronic pain has significantly increased. Approximately 40% to 90% of patients treated with opioids experience ...

For women with defecatory dysfunction, those with normal stool consistency, greater rectoanal pressure gradient, lower anal tone, and of younger age were most likely to benefit from a squatting assist ...