Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 1231-1235.e4 , April 2010

Diagnosis and Treatment of Pelvic Floor Disorders: What's New and What to Do

  • William E. Whitehead

      Affiliations

    • Center for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Adil E. Bharucha

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research (C.E.N.T.E.R.) Program, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Adil E. Bharucha, MD, Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research, Program (C.E.N.T.E.R.), Mayo Clinic, 200 First St., S.W., Rochester, Minnesota 55905

References 

  1. Wald A, Bharucha AE, Enck P, et al. Functional anorectal disorders. In:  Drossman DA,  Corazziari E,  Delvaux M, et al. editor. Rome III: The Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders. 3rd ed.. McLean, Virginia: Degnon Associates; 2006;p. 639–685
  2. Whitehead WE, Di Lorenzo C, Leroi AM, et al. Conservative and behavioral management of constipation. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2009;21(Suppl 2):55–61
  3. Gladman MA, Lunniss PJ, Scott SM, et al. Rectal hyposensitivity. Am J Gastroenterol. 2006;101:1140–1151
  4. Bharucha AE, Fletcher JG, Seide B, et al. Phenotypic variation in functional disorders of defecation. Gastroenterology. 2005;128:1199–1210
  5. Ravi K, Bharucha AE, Camilleri M, et al. Phenotypic variation of colonic motor functions in chronic constipation. Gastroenterology. 2009;138:89–97

 Conflicts of interest Dr Adil Bharucha is a consultant for American Medical Systems.

 Funding Supported in part by USPHS NIH Grants R01 DK78924 and R24 DK067674.

PII: S0016-5085(10)00264-7

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.02.036

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 1231-1235.e4 , April 2010

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