Three-dimensional high-resolution anorectal manometry and diagnosis of excessive perineal descent: A comparative pilot study with defaecography

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Benezech, A ^a   Bouvier, M ^a,b   Grimaud, J C ^a,b   Baumstarck, K ^c   Vitton, V ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b University of Mediterranée   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Anal sphincters; Dynamic anal endosonography; Dynamic MRI defaecography; Pelvic floor disorders

Indexed keywords

3D HIGH RESOLUTION GIVEN IMAGING; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; IMAGING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDER; PELVIS FLOOR DESCENT; PERINEUM; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANAL CANAL; DEFECATION; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898432967     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12522     Document Type: Article

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