With a worldwide prevalence of 15%, chronic constipation is one of the most frequent
gastrointestinal diagnoses made in ambulatory medicine clinics, and is a common source …

Faecal incontinence, which is defined by the unintentional loss of solid or liquid stool, has a
worldwide prevalence of≤ 7% in community-dwelling adults and can markedly impair …

The act of defaecation, although a ubiquitous human experience, requires the coordinated
actions of the anorectum and colon, pelvic floor musculature, and the enteric, peripheral and …

This article has an accompanying continuing medical education activity on page e19.
Learning Objective: Upon completion of this exam, successful learners will recognize the …

Constipation is a common symptom that may be primary (idiopathic or functional) or
associated with a number of disorders or medications. Although most constipation is self …

Faecal incontinence and evacuation disorders are common, impair quality of life and incur
substantial economic costs worldwide. As symptoms alone are poor predictors of underlying …

The second part of the Consensus Statement of the Italian Association of Hospital
Gastroenterologists and Italian Society of Colo-Rectal Surgery reports on the treatment of …

Opioids are the most commonly prescribed medications to treat severe pain in the Western
world. It has been estimated that up to 90% of American patients presenting to specialized …

High-resolution anorectal manometry (HR-ARM) and high-definition anorectal manometry
(HD-ARM) catheters have closely spaced water-perfused or solid state circumferentially …

Background Sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) is now well established as a treatment for fecal
incontinence (FI) resistant to conservative measures and may also have utility in the …