IS THE PHYSICIAN EXPERTISE IN DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION OF VALUE IN DETECTING ANAL TONE IN COMPARISON TO ANORECTAL MANOMETRY?
Rodrigo Ambar PintoIsaac José Felippe Corrêa NetoSergio Carlos NahasIlario Froehner JuniorDiego Fernandes Maia SoaresIvan CecconeloPublished in: Arquivos de gastroenterologia (2019)
More experienced colorectal surgeons used to DRE had a more significant agreement with the ARM, thereafter would have more appropriate therapeutic management to patients with sphincter functional problems. ARM, therefore, persists as an important exam to objectively evaluate the sphincter complex, justifying its utility in the clinical practice.