Innovative Balloon Expulsion Testing for Defecation Disorders: Look Before Leaping the Old Path

Massimo Bellini¹, Christian Lambiase¹, Giuseppe Chiarioni^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Gastrointestinal Unit, Department of Translational Sciences and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
² Division of Gastroenterology B, AOUI Verona, Verona, Italy.
³ UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

Comment

Massimo Bellini et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022.

. 2022 May 1;117(5):809.

doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001647. Epub 2022 Feb 1.

Massimo Bellini¹, Christian Lambiase¹, Giuseppe Chiarioni^{2

3}

¹ Gastrointestinal Unit, Department of Translational Sciences and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
² Division of Gastroenterology B, AOUI Verona, Verona, Italy.
³ UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

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Response to Bellini et al.
Wald A, Bharucha AE, Malcolm A, Remes-Troche JM. Wald A, et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 May 1;117(5):809-810. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001677. Epub 2022 Mar 22. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022. PMID: 35315800 No abstract available.

ACG Clinical Guidelines: Management of Benign Anorectal Disorders.
Wald A, Bharucha AE, Limketkai B, Malcolm A, Remes-Troche JM, Whitehead WE, Zutshi M. Wald A, et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 Oct 1;116(10):1987-2008. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001507. Am J Gastroenterol. 2021. PMID: 34618700

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