Value of anorectal manometry in assessment of constipation in childhood
Hosie, S.; Wessel, L.; Loff, S.; Rhein, D.; Waag, K.L.
Langenbecks Archiv für Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie. Kongress 114: 1333-1336
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0942-2854 PMID: 9574420 Document Number: 482719
We studied retrospectively 210 anorectal manometries of constipated children. Of the 87 patients with an anal fissure or a functional constipation, 83 had normal sphincter relaxation. All of the 23 patients with Hirschsprung's disease lacked the sphincter relaxation, as well as 22 of the patients with a dysganglionosis. Eleven patients with innervation defects showed pathologic sphincter contractions. Anorectal manometry is a valuable tool to differentiate between innervation defects and constipation of other etiologies.