Seated anorectal manometry during simulated evacuation. A physiological exercise or a new clinically useful diagnostic test?

Basilisco, Basilisco; Corsetti, Maura

Abstract

Symptoms such as a feeling of incomplete evacuation, straining, absence of the call to stool, anal blockage or digitation suggest the presence a functional defecation disorder. As symptoms do not distinguish between patients with and without functional defecation diosrder, Rome IV criteria recommend that this disorder is diagnosed when two of three tests are positive: balloon expulsion test (BET), anorectal manometry (ARM) and defecography. However previous studies have demonstrated that the agreement among these tests is limited. In this issue of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, Sharma et al tested the hypothesis that conducting the ARM in a seated position would increase the diagnostic accuracy of the test in discriminating between patients with normal and prolonged BET. This minireview discusses the current knowledge on the role of the techniques to diagnose defecation disorder and the potential role of the ARM in a seated position.

Citation

Basilisco, B., & Corsetti, M. (2020). Seated anorectal manometry during simulated evacuation. A physiological exercise or a new clinically useful diagnostic test?. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 32(10), Article e14001. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14001

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Acceptance Date: Sep 8, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Sep 29, 2020
• Publication Date: Sep 29, 2020
• Deposit Date: Sep 10, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 30, 2021
• Journal: Neurogastroenterology and Motility
• Print ISSN: 1350-1925
• Electronic ISSN: 1365-2982
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 10
• Article Number: e14001
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14001
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4895584
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nmo.14001
• Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Basilisco, G. and Corsetti, M. (2020), Seated anorectal manometry during simulated evacuation: A physiologic exercise or a new clinically useful diagnostic test?. Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 32: e14001, which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nmo.14001. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.