Revisiting the accuracy of anorectal manometry for dyssynergic defaecation

Ugo Grossi^{1

2}, Paul F Vollebregt², Charles H Knowles², S Mark Scott²

Affiliations

¹ National Bowel Research Centre and GI Physiology Unit, Centre for Neuroscience, Surgery & Trauma, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
² Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, DiSCOG, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Ugo Grossi et al. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024.

. 2024 Sep 1;36(9):1149.

doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000002803. Epub 2024 Jul 31.

Ugo Grossi^{1

2}, Paul F Vollebregt², Charles H Knowles², S Mark Scott²

¹ National Bowel Research Centre and GI Physiology Unit, Centre for Neuroscience, Surgery & Trauma, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
² Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, DiSCOG, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

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