Visible abdominal distension in functional gut disorders: Objective evaluation.
Elizabeth Barba-OrozcoEmanuel BurriSergio QuirogaAnna AccarinoFernando AzpirozPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2022)
In most patients complaining of episodes of visible abdominal distention: (A) the subjective claim is substantiated by objective evidence; (B) an increase in intestinal gas does not justify visible abdominal distention; (C) abdominophrenic dyssynergia is consistently evidenced by dynamic EMG recording, but static CT imaging has less sensitivity.