The migrating motor complex (MMC) is a cyclic, recurring motility pattern that occurs in the
stomach and small bowel during fasting; it is interrupted by feeding. The MMC is present in …

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a system of organs within multicellular animals which
facilitates the ingestion, digestion, and absorption of food with subsequent defecation of …

Background & aims In 2016, ESPEN published the guideline for Chronic Intestinal Failure
(CIF) in adults. An updated version of ESPEN guidelines on CIF due to benign disease in …

Background: Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) has been proposed to be common
in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), with altered small-bowel motility as a possible …

Objective Guidelines on histopathological techniques and reporting for adult and paediatric
gastrointestinal neuromuscular pathology have been produced recently by an international …

The term gastrointestinal neuromuscular disease describes a clinically heterogeneous
group of disorders of children and adults in which symptoms are presumed or proven to …

Rectal hyposensitivity (RH) relates to a diminished perception of rectal distension that is
diagnosed during anorectal physiologic investigation. There have been few direct studies of …

Chronic intestinal pseudo‐obstruction is a rare and heterogeneous syndrome characterized
by recurrent symptoms of intestinal obstruction with radiological features of dilated small or …

Disorders of the upper digestive tract have a high impact on modern society, in terms of both
direct and indirect health care costs and of social burden. The most common presenting …

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the prototypical functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder, is
common throughout the world and often requires care from primary care and specialist …