Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Research Group Netherlands (HEBON), Coordinating Center: Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Biostatistics Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ICES (formerly the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Sinai Health Systems, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ICES (formerly the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: nancy.baxter@unimelb.edu.au.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto (Drs. Norris, Gagnon, Jacobson, Sobel, and Shore); Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mount Sinai Hospital (Drs. Jacobson and Sobel).
To provide an illustrative description of the technique and spectrum of findings in defecating proctography....
Important findings on defecating proctography include rectocoele, enterocoele, sigmoidocoele, cystocoele, intussusception, rectal prolapse, descending perineum, incomplete emptying, anismus, and faeca...
Defecating proctography is a well-established and cost-effective method of assessing disordered defecation. In conjunction with clinical information and other diagnostic tests, findings on defecating ...
This review article provides a suggested technique and covers the spectrum of findings on defecating proctography....
Constipation encompasses symptoms of decreased colonic motility or difficulty with the defecation process. As a broad definition, this can be inclusive of functional constipation (FC) or colonic inert...
The practice of open defecation has persistently remained high in Nigeria despite the grave danger it poses to public and environmental health, and the several intervention programs put in place over ...
This study explores the impact of defecation frequency on the gut microbiome structure by analyzing fecal samples from individuals categorized by defecation frequency: infrequent (1-3 times/week,...
There has been extensive research conducted on open defecation in Ethiopia, but a notable gap persists in comprehensively understanding the spatial variation and predictors at the household level. Thi...
The study comprised a total weighted sample of 24,747 household participants. ArcGIS version 10.7 and SaT Scan version 9.6 were used to handle mapping, hotspots, ordinary least squares, Bernoulli mode...
The spatial distribution of open defecation at the household level exhibited clustering (global Moran's I index value of 4.540385, coupled with a p-value of less than 0.001), with significant hotspots...
The study revealed that open defecation at the household level in Ethiopia varies across the regions, with significant hotspots identified in Amhara, Afar, Harari, and parts of Dire Dawa. Geographical...
Fecobionics is an integrated device that has shown promise for assessment of anorectal function. We used a wireless Fecobionics prototype to visualize defecatory patterns and to compute volume-pressur...
Obstructed defecation (OD) is often associated with trauma to pelvic connective tissue and nerves sustained during pregnancy and childbirth. Although there are multiple potential etiologies of defecat...
This study retrospectively evaluated the records of 754 women presenting at a tertiary urogynecology unit for pelvic floor dysfunction with no anatomical abnormalities of the anorectum on imaging. The...
Median age was 51 (range 16-88) years, and median vaginal parity was 2 (0-8); 399 (53%) women reported symptoms of OD. When anatomical abnormalities of the anorectum were excluded, parity did not seem...
In this cohort, parity is unlikely to be a cause of OD in women with normal anorectal anatomy....
There are no compatible tools that assess bowel function in young children, older children, and adults. This precludes clinical follow-up and longitudinal scientific research. Our aim was therefore to...
The EP-DeFeC is a feasible, reproducible, and validated questionnaire for assessing bowel function in children from the age of 1 month to 7 years. If used in combination with its pediatric (8-17 years...
• Bowel function problems are common among young children. • Unfortunately, there are no compatible tools that assess bowel function in young children, older children, and adults, which precludes clin...
• The Early Pediatric Groningen Defecation and Fecal Continence (EP-DeFeC) questionnaire is validated to assess bowel function in children from the age of 1 month to 7 years. • If used together with i...
Patients with obstructed defecation syndrome may present with a wide spectrum of disorders. The iceberg diagram, which focuses on the underlying occult diseases, has been proposed for an accurate diag...
Patients operated for obstructed defecation syndrome based on the iceberg diagram between 2008 and 2018 were evaluated pre- and postsurgery. All patients underwent psychosomatic assessment, abdominal ...
Of the 80 operated patients, 73 were females; median age was 47 (range 26-78) years. All had a rectal internal mucosal prolapse and 85% had a rectocele. The most frequent occult diseases were function...
The use of the iceberg diagram in obstructed defecation syndrome patients assists in identifying latent "submerged lesions' that may negatively impact the functional outcome of surgery. A clinical app...
To investigate rectal sensitivity and associated factors in patients with different subtypes of functional defecation disorder (FDD)....
We segregated individuals diagnosed with FDD into two groups based on their defecation patterns: those with dyssynergic defecation and those with inadequate defecatory propulsion. We gathered general ...
Rectal sensitivity in different subtypes of FDD decreased, and the difference between the two groups was not statistically significant ( P > 0.05). There were no statistically significant differences ...
Rectal sensitivity in different subtypes of FDD decreased. Age, constipation symptom score, and diabetes were independent risk factors for decreased rectal sensitivity. Short-term biofeedback therapy ...
