Pelvic floor investigations for bowel dysfunction (part 2): anorectal physiology (manometry)

Consensus Statement of Definitions for Anorectal Physiology Testing and Pelvic Floor Terminology (Revised).

Pelvic Floor Dyssenergia: It’s Relevance to the Anorectal Bowel Dysfunctions and Management Guidelines

Neural control of the pelvic organs is one of the most intriguing in the body involving both autonomic and somatic components organized in the thoraco-lumbar (sympathetic), lumbosacral (somatic), and sacral (parasympathetic) spinal cord. Loss of supraspinal descending control and plasticity-mediated alterations at the level of the spinal cord, result in loss of voluntary control and in abnormal...

Pelvic floor exercises for erectile dysfunction.

OBJECTIVE To examine the role of pelvic floor exercises as a way of restoring erectile function in men with erectile dysfunction. PATIENTS AND METHODS In all, 55 men aged > 20 years who had experienced erectile dysfunction for > or = 6 months were recruited for a randomized controlled study with a cross-over arm. The men were treated with either pelvic floor muscle exercises (taught by a phys...

Small bowel review: Normal physiology, part 2.

In the past year there have been many advances in the area of small bowel physiology and pathology and therapy. In preparation for this review, over 1500 papers were assessed. The focus is on presenting clinically useful information for the practising gastroenterologist. Selected important clinical learning points include the following: (1) glucose absorption mediated by SGLT1 is controlled by ...

Ultrasound for Women’s Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

In the past, clinicians managing female pelvic floor disorders focused on functional assessment using urodynamics studies and urethral pressure profilometry. Anatomical assessment was made by clinical examination alone. Under special conditions when an imaging technique for anatomical assessment of the female pelvic floor disorder is perceived necessary, contrast X-ray techniques is used.1,2 Th...