Use of Digital Rectal Exam Compared With High‐Resolution Anorectal Manometry in the Diagnosis of Dyssynergic Defecation in Pediatrics
The sensitivity and specificity of DRE for the diagnosis of dyssynergic defecation were lower than those reported for adults (75% and 85%, respectively). In some cases, DRE would be useful, especially in low-resource scenarios where HRAM is not available, and we recommend DRE prior to HRAM as a complementary approach to dyssynergic defecation.
Authors
- Samuel Nurko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0936-4807)
- Roberto Cervantes‐Bustamante (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4898-8815)
- Karen Rubí Ignorosa Arellano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8364-6936)
- Erick Manuel Toro Monjaráz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8701-4189)
- J.F. Cadena-León (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3138-310X)
- Ericka Montijo Barrios (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5796-9742)
- J.A. Ramírez-Mayans
- Oscar Alberto Pérez-González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5672-648X)
- Flora Elva Zárate-Mondragón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5347-3889)
- Cristian Morales Pérez
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Instituto Nacional de Pediatria (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurogastroenterology & Motility
- Published
- 2025-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.70061
- Primary Topic
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00