Relationships between the results of anorectal investigations and symptom severity in patients with faecal incontinence.

P T HeitmannP RabbittA SchloitheV PattonP P SkuzaD A WattchowPhilip G Dinning

Published in: International journal of colorectal disease (2019)

Anorectal investigations cannot predict the severity of faecal incontinence. This may be due to limitations of diagnostic modalities, the heterogeneity of anorectal dysfunction in these patients, or contributing factors which are extrinsic to the anorectum.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
single cell
urinary incontinence
patient reported outcomes