Constipation and defecation may be considered as the last taboo. The inability to defecate
or to achieve this only by digital evacuation has never been a popular topic among patients …

Chronic constipation is a highly prevalent disorder that affects approximately 15% of the US
population. Chronic constipation refers to patients who have had symptoms for more than 6 …

Background: Constipation is a collective term for symptoms of different aetiologies and
pathophysiologies. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of colorectal pathophysiology …

Constipation is one of the most common disease in Western countries. Its prevalence is
widely variable (5-30%), depending on criteria utilized for diagnosis. Usually constipated …

The evaluation of the chronically constipated patient is multifaceted and challenging. Many
clinicians define constipation according to the latest Rome III diagnostic criteria for functional …

Obstructive defecation is observed in approximately half of all patients with functional
constipation. Functional constipation has been related to alterations in intestinal motility …

BACKGROUND: Developments in anorectal physiologic testing have facilitated better
understanding of the process of defecation and factors that might cause chronic …

PURPOSE: This study was designed to evaluate symptoms and clinical findings in a
prospective series of patients with chronic constipation. METHODS: A total of 155 …

Defecography, pelvic floor electromyography, and segmentai colonic transit times were
performed in 74 patients with functional constipation. Signs of functional outlet obstruction …

Constipation is broadly defined as an unsatisfactory defecation characterized by infrequent
stools, difficult stool passage or both. The common approach to the pathophysiology of …