Response to Bellini et al

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
² Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³ Neurogastroenterology Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital and University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW, Australia.
⁴ Medical Biologic Research Institute, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.

Comment

Arnold Wald et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022.

. 2022 May 1;117(5):809-810.

doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001677. Epub 2022 Mar 22.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
² Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³ Neurogastroenterology Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital and University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW, Australia.
⁴ Medical Biologic Research Institute, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.

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Comment on

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
Innovative Balloon Expulsion Testing for Defecation Disorders: Look Before Leaping the Old Path.
Bellini M, Lambiase C, Chiarioni G. Bellini M, et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 May 1;117(5):809. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001647. Epub 2022 Feb 1. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022. PMID: 35139048 No abstract available.

1. Wald A, Bharucha AE, Limketkai B, et al. ACG clinical guidelines: Management of benign anorectal disorders. Am J Gastroenterol 2021;116:1987–2008.
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