Characterization of Patients With Obstructed Defecation and Slow Transit Constipation With a Simulated Stool.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Defecatory disorders including obstructed defecation (OD) are currently diagnosed using specialized investigations including anorectal manometry and the balloon expulsion test. Recently, we developed a simulated stool named Fecobionics that provides a novel type of pressure measurements and analysis. The aim was to study OD phenotypes compared with slow transit constipation (STC) patients and normal subjects (NS).

Methods

Fecobionics expulsion parameters were assessed in an interventional study design. The Fecobionics device contained pressure sensors at the front, rear, and inside a bag. All constipation patients had colon transit study, defecography, anorectal manometry, and balloon expulsion test performed. The Fecobionics bag was distended in the rectum unti

SUBMITTER: Gregersen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8099406 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature