High Prevalence of Anorectal Dysfunction in Ambulatory Patients with Chronic Constipation, Regardless of Colon Transit Time.

There is a significant overlap of anorectal disorders in patients with slow CTT. There is questionable specificity and utility of WMC and HR-ARM in assessing patients with CC. More work is needed to demonstrate the value of these studies as surrogate markers of the disease and its response to multifaceted therapy.