Update of tests of colon and rectal structure and function

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 96-103

  Bharucha, Adil E ^a,b  

^a Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorectal; Disordered defecation; Fecal incontinence; Manometry; MRI; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; BALLOON; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOANAL ULTRASOUND; EVALUATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIS FLOOR; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBORECTAL MUSCLE; PUDENDAL NERVE; RECTAL BALLOON EXPULSION TEST; RECTOCELE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; ANAL CANAL; COLON; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; MANOMETRY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RECTUM;

ANAL CANAL; COLON; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANOMETRY; RECTUM; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 33645807016     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000196190.42296.a9     Document Type: Review

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