Investigation of Anorectal Functional Disorders

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1 Physiology and Pathophysiology of Defaecation.
• 2 Ultrasound Anatomy of the Pelvic Floor.
• 3 Pelvic Floor Stability and the Uterus.
• 4 Case History and Clinical Examination.
• 5 Defaecography: Technique and Radiation Exposure.
• 6 Defaecographic Parameters in Asymptomatic Subjects.
• 7 Indications for Defaecography.
• 8 The Value of Defaecography for Treatment Decisions.
• 9 Conventional Radiography, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
• 10 Balloon Proctography.
• 11 Endoscopy and Histological Findings.
• 12 Scintigraphy.
• 13 Transit Time Measurement.
• 14 Manometry, Electromyography and Other Functional Pelvic Floor Tests.
• 15 Rectal Prolapse.
• 16 Rectal Outpocketing.
• 17 Enterocele.
• 18 Assessment of Functional Constipation.
• 19 Defaecography and Incontinence.
• 20 Anal Sphincter Dysplasia.