Clinical utility of colonic and anorectal manometry in chronic constipation

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 597-609

  Rao, Satish S C ^a   Singh, Siddharth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

anorectal manometry; barostat; colonic manometry; constipation; dyssynergic defecation

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

ANORECTAL PRESSURE; COLON; CONSTIPATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFECATION DISORDER; HUMAN; INTUBATION; IRRITABLE COLON; MANOMETRY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; REVIEW; SENSORY EVALUATION; SYMPTOM;

ANAL CANAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; CONSTIPATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; NORTH AMERICA; RECTUM;

EID: 77957552570     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181e88532     Document Type: Review

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